10 Jun 2013 14:23:57
Mendy to United sounds to be on, I have to admit I don't really care for French second division football enough to know if he is good so if someone could inform me that would be great.

I don't mind us signing him on a free though as we can get a sell on fee if he doesn't meet the required standards. The one question I do have though is what if we sign him and Strootman and they are both class? Does that mean no Carrick as I can't see us playing 3 deep midfielders?

I am encouraged by the fact we are continuing with tradition in terms of signing young players but I still, like many feel the need to see a big player come in. I have given up on the Ronaldo dream for now, Fabregas and Modric seem out of reach to me and I'm not sure about Di Maria.

I have said before I will be happy with Strootman and Thiago coming into the midfield and I think these two are the only realistic buys we can get. I feel Lewandowski is a player we would welcome but don't need, Garay is the same as I feel until Ferdy and Vidic do go we have sufficient cover and Baines will depend on Evra staying.

My last point is about Januzaj, I hope we loan him out this season as we should have done with Pogba. There is no point in giving him a squad number, getting his hopes up and then shooting him down with a capital one game and a subs appearance. If he is as good as we think the way to keep him happy is to let him play for someone like Wigan or Bolton for experience and game time.

Feel free to pick at that.

1redarmy

1.) 10 Jun 2013
3 deep midfielders? Who is the other one? And I don't think anyone will be displacing Carrick for the 1st 11 any time soon.

RedDub

2.) 10 Jun 2013
RedDub,

Carrick, Strootman and Mendy all play a deeper position.

1redarmy {Ed004's Note - I reckon we will play a 4231 so will need players who can play deep so having options of those 3 and Cleverley and possibly Alcantara would be fantastic and all are young enough to get better}

3.) 10 Jun 2013
Carrick is 31/32 and one of our better players whilst Mendy is a 20 yr old who has been playing in the French L2 - I wouldn't worry about Carrick losing his place to soon. If we're going to play 2 deep CM'ers then I'd think we would need at least 3/4 good ones to rotate in any case.

HB

4.) 10 Jun 2013
If we do get Thiago, Strootman, Mendy. We would have a strong midfield for the next 10years!

Deep Midfielders: Carrick Strootman Mendy
Central Midfielders: Cleverly Thiago Powell
Attacking Midfielders: Kagawa Januzj

Looks to good to be true

5.) 10 Jun 2013
If Strootman and Mendy are signed, Strootman will start with Carrick (4-2-3-1 dependent). Mendy I imagine would be cover.

RedDub

6.) 10 Jun 2013
I like the sound of that, DmR. 17