Wollyhood wrote:
I agree with you with regarding his injuries and I think United will get four more years of high level play. I believe it represent's great value at the cost for a world classs talent, who is currently the best striker in the english league.
Below are a list of fee's for current premier league striker's over the past few years.
Robin van persie £24,000,000
Wayne Rooney £28,000,000
Kun Aguero £38,000,000
Fernando Torres £50,000,000
Luis Suarez £22,7000,000
Andrew Carroll £35,000,000
Nikica Jelavic £6,000,000
The only player's in that list who I think are better value are Wayne Rooney, Luis Suarez and Nikica Jelavic. Suarez and Rooney due to their age and potential and Jelavic due to his price tag. It give's Man United two world class talents and with Nemanja Vidic, Darren Fletcher, Kagawa, Nick Powell and now Robin van persie added to the squad form last year there is alot more depth.
Maybe it's just me, but I'm not a big fan of signing established players. They often lack versatility, they begin to lose their pace (if they have any) and they offer very little in terms of future sales. If you aren't dependent on future sales then it's fine, but I was thinking more the versatility/fitting in part. Fergie obviously has the eye and if he thinks he'll fit then it's great, I'm just not a fan of seeing a team sign an established striker (especially if they already have one) that's thrived at being 'the man' and getting him to fit into a team. Although Rooney is more than capable of playing off RvP, it should be interesting to see how often they play together.
Still think you need a midfielder like.
