Will Manchester United sign Xavi and sell Tevez in January?
It is quite simple for the men from the red side of Manchester, play to your potential and you don’t need to buy anyone. Whilst it is easier said than done, the roster Manchester United has is one that almost every club in the world is envious of.
To think of a team where players of such class like Tevez, Nani, Hargreaves and Ji-Sung are not guaranteed a starting spot in the first eleven is something many clubs would die for. Plus, when you have such attacking prowess in the forms of European Player of the Season, Christiano Ronaldo, hundred goal scorer Wayne Rooney and the stylish Dimitar Berbatov, well can anyone say they don’t want that in their team?
However, teams are starting to get tougher and tougher, especially in the Premier League and it appears that players like Ronaldo just might start to be losing their cool, but at the moment I can’t see the physicality of the English game doing to much harm, but I could be wrong.
I really don’t know who United need to bring in this window, like Chelsea their depth is great. Injuries are the only thing that could see them stagger in the race for honours, so maybe bringing in another central defender to cover for Ferdinand or Vidic is a good idea. Brown and Neville seem to both have injury problems at the moment so it wouldn’t be unwise to look at some right backs, but Rafael can fill that position if he can work on his defensive problems.
United confirmed that Zoran Tosic will join in the January transfer window, he is usually deployed down the left flank and posses a handful of skills as well as an explosive shot. Xavi of Barcelona has been on the radar, and after talks stalled with Barca over a contract extension, if they could pull of the signing, it would help the defensive ranks and sure up the midfield.
My Transfer: Xavi (Barcelona FC)
Well let’s be honest here, we all know the player who is struggling at Manchester United. Yes, it’s that man again, Carlos Tevez. The Argentinean has struggled for game time this whole season and he appears unsure why, and I’m with him.
Rooney and Berbatov are in decent form and are keeping him out of the team for now. But they haven’t been performing on a consistent basis. One week Berba will play well, week after Rooney will score his hundredth goal, Tevez just seems to be drifting, and drifting, and drifting towards the exit door at United. But after his sizzling four-goal performance against Blackburn in the Carling Cup, he has again depicted his brilliant finishing ability.
However, other clubs have become aware of the situation at United and are carefully watching how the whole situation will unfold. The biggest interest has come from Real Madrid, with outgoing manager Bernd Schuster looking to cover for the injured Ruud Van Nistelrooy, and they may well get their man. It is obvious Tevez is more than frustrated at United, and if he didn’t play so well in the Carling Cup, I would have been more surprised if he stayed than if he left.
My Most Likely To Leave: Carlos Tevez
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1. Xavi is Catalan, Barca is Catalonia… therefore Xavi is Barca for life (or at least for the next 5 years).
2. Xavi is going to re-sign until 2014, there is absolutely nothing that any club can offer to pry him from his beloved blaugrana.
December 12th, 2008 @ 16:28You ignore the fact that Hargreaves is out recovering from surgery and has otherwise been injured since he arrived at United hence the lack of starting opportunities. You also blatantly overlook J. Evans at the back for the reds who has been a rock in every game that he has played in, and would be getting more games were in not for the sublime Rio & Vidic partnership. And despite the fact that Tevez may not have started as many games as the other 2 forwards he has actually appeared in more games than either of them. So not the best of articles really.
December 12th, 2008 @ 17:25Hensy beat me too it on Evans. What an oversight. This guy is set to be at Utd. for years and is the first ‘seemless’ stand-in for Ferdinand/Vidic we have seen.
Carrick has been outstanding since he came to Utd. and is getting better. He handles the DF position comfortably with Fletcher providing the cover. The problem for me is OM where neither Scholes nor Anderson are ‘commanding’ the position. I hoped Anderson would stake his claim this season but don’t understand why Fergie won’t give him a consistent run in the team. He had every opportunity to do so in Scholes’ absence.
Over rotation in midfield and an ongoing problem with the strikers not finding the net is costing Utd. There’s no need for any new signings, we just need to get these things sorted.
December 14th, 2008 @ 12:52