Puneet Singh
According to the words of Sir Alex Ferguson, United are all done spending money this summer for any players. When the man says something, you listen.
So all the rumours of "United launching a bid for David Silva, Rafael Van Der Vaart, Franck Ribery" etc etc should be ignored.
Looking at United's signings offseason, it's as simple as this; what you see is what you get.
Michael Owen is an injury prone veteran with the 'potential' to bounce back and score 15-20 goals for us this year. Antonio Valencia is a right sided winger/midfielder who has is a good passer and above average defender with good instincts and shooting ability. Gabriel Oberton is a young frenchman who has 'potential' to be a cross between Thierry Henry and Flourent Malouda. I'll see that when I believe it.
While there is potential here, there is no definite.
Looking at our midfield for next year we will have Carrick, Anderson, Scholes, Hargreaves, Giggs, Valencia, Park, Fletcher, Nani, Oberton, Tosic and also John O'Shea who can play in the midfield if need be.
While all of these players are gifted, talented and hardworking outside of Anderson they all lack one thing: Flair. With Ronaldo now plying his trade in Madrid, we have lost a lot of flair from the midfield, nearly all of it actually.
That's why it's necessary to buy one more player for this squad for not only short term, but the long term future of United; Angel Di Maria of S.L Benfica.
The hype around Di Maria is real. Him along with Messi and Sergio Aguero led the 2008 Argentina olympic squad to a Gold Medal victory over Nigeria with Di Maria scoring the game winning goal which is shown here:
After the Olympics, Di Maria was linked with Madrid, Barcelona and Inter Milan. Recently as of last weel, Inter Milan rekindled their interest in Di Maria while Barca have taken the 1st step to get on good terms with Benfica, offering their new striker Kerrison on a season long loan to Benfica.
Di Maria at the young age of 21 has already been capped numerous times for the Argentine national team, and a place on next year's World Cup sqaud looks imminent.
With Ryan Giggs getting older, and Nani unproven from last year as the case for Tosic, United could use a winger/side midfielder with experience and class. The time has never been more crucial for United to add a player and Di Maria's name is calling
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