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can I throw a random one in? If were lookin for a midfielder to tackle, regain possession and let the others play! How about a loan deal for Scott Parker?

Totally agree. Take Parker on loan swell as Wesley. Better tackler than the rest we have. Worth a gamble.

What about mark hamsik. He’s a brilliant player.

Marek Hamsik will not be going anywhere, anytime soon. Auerillo De Laurentis is asking for over £40M for him.

To be honest, I cannot see Sneijder at United, Schweinsitger will not be moving having signed a contract extension at Bayern. Modric wants a move to Chelsea, Nasri looks like he’ll either stay at Arsenal or move to City.

I think it’s time for another young central midfield signing, but if were going to do that, why not give Tunniclife, Morrison and Pogba a chance.

However I think we should test Borrusia Dortmund’s resolve with a £10-15M bid for Mario Goetze. I see him as a perfect long term replacement for Paul Scholes. He has the vision, the killer pass and he also gets goals from midfield.

agree with Parker we need a defensive midfielder to break up play and put the tough challenges in when needed. but parker is 30 and lass diarra is only 24-25 and he is worldclass and a price tag of only around 15m represents a good signing

wesley sneijder is the best option he has the most quality and is proven at the highest level including champions league and international. the others havent proven themselves at the highest level. sneijder is a dream buy for us i really hope we sign him

@ Marc

We need a better midfield than what we have otherwise we’ll just be playing long balls up to our strikers who I agree are a force to fear. But they need service and a great midfield that will control the game, otherwise the ball will be given away cheaply and the defence always under pressure. We don’t just need Sneidjer, we also need at least one other centre midfielder after losing Scholes, Hargreaves and (hopefully) Gibson, so at least 2 centre midfielders are needed in this window

Well said that man!! ( above post)

Well, seems like Fregie always having a problem covering the centre of the park..haa We were all so excited when he brought in Veron, but then…it was a flop. Its the era of Scholes and Keano that we were best…hence I feel what we need here is a holding midfielder, a hard man like Keano! Look at the market now, can you identify one who is close, at a young age too? NO..the closest to come is Hargreaves, but is injury prone… This position is really a hard nut to crack. While i felt excited reading about the possibility of Sneijder coming, I also fear he will be like Veron. So, if we can’t bring in anyone suitable, its wise to stick to Carrick, Anderson, Fletcher and Giggs!

“Marc” – totally agree with u on defensive midfielder. “true red” – morrison is more a creative midfielder than defensive. heres what i wrote on previous post on same topic. look id love better football and to see da creativity that a sneider or whichever creative midfielder could add but im just sayin defensive midfield is da priority. weve yet to replace Roy Keane. Hargraves should of and could of been that player. Its the reason we are not getting more possesion cos we cant get da ball back. Even da poor premership teams play two against us in midfield. Also i believe Carrick and Fletcher wud be better with a proper defensive midfielder next to them – and they our two best center midfielders defensively. Also in da creative midfield spot – giggs (38 but unreal again last year in da big games), Anderson, carrick/fletch, and also da young lads – cleverly, pogba and esp Morrison. Ince left to open up a spot for da likes of Scholes/Becks. Look at Wilshire this year with da gunners. But a defensive mid – we just dont have any hence da priority

He can put in a tackle but no hes more a creative midfielder than a covering da back four, getting the ball back type of player. Hed be best suited to a defensive midfielder next to him. So if his best spot is attackin mid, as is cleverly, pogba, anderson, giggs, carrick (he has to be half decent somewhere) then defensive midfield is da spot we need – heres a column actually on a article i read “Ravel Morrison has been talked up as the most naturally talented footballer to come out of Manchester United’s youth program since Paul Scholes.

The 18-year-old from Wythenshawe can play in wide positions, in the center of the midfield or even just behind the striker—in a role similar to Wayne Rooney’s.

Morrison is technically gifted and would bring the unpredictability factor that is lacking so much in the Manchester United midfield. He would add fluency to the attack and would be an ideal feeder to someone like Chicharito.

Morrison is an all-rounded player. He’s got balance, control, vision, speed and a very good eye for a goal, which was evident after watching his Youth Cup performance.

Morrison was one of the stars of United’s Youth Cup triumph and scored a brace in the second leg of the final against Sheffield United, along with a wonder goal against Chelsea in the semifinal.

However, his most memorable goal, in my opinion, came when he scissor-kicked United to the lead after being down 2-0 against Liverpool.

He is an exceptional talent and has the potential to be a world-class player for United in the future.”

Marc – Keane was actually more an attackin midfielder with forest before joing us and wouldn just say all he could do was just a defensive mid – he was no masherano – keano was able to play too. barca midfield is made up of 3 midfielders – busquets(masherano) doing da defensive job and then lettin xavi inesta do da footballing – so its not like for like there. i agree with ya on everything else – and I too am not sure whether Jones was bought as a dcm or cb. Cant understand how no journalist has asked this. did see fergie refer to Jones as a centre back tho when talking recently and with wes and johno movin on and rio becomin very injury prone i was takin him to be backup at da center back spot. if was bought as a center midfielder tho id be satisfied with our signings for the summer as is – however if he was bought as a centre back then i still think we need a defensive midfielder (mvilla my preference btw)

ya ‘ totally agree with you guys great thinking nad observations.

i also , personally think that our another weakness is in the right back position , where we have only Rafael as the natural player in that position , i’d love to see fergie sign someone that can play there as well , we missed out on Raphael Varane to Madrid , so i just think that fergie still wants a versatile defender , but don’t really know who , may be he can do another chicharito there , i heard some ranger or celtic player claiming fergie was interested in him , but dont knw how true it is , i hope we get someone there too.

And Yeah , Morrison – Pogba – Cleverley , they look dangerous and they are currently the best youth products in england , surely one of them will make an impact this season !