22 Jul 2013 12:37:34
This is my first post in a while, thought I'd give my point of view on our summer and how I think it will pan out.

We have been very open with regards to our transfers this summer which is unusual, generally everything is kept quiet until a signing is announced. It has certainly made for a more exciting transfer window thus far, I just hope that these public bids are serious and we are trying our utmost to sign players like Fabregas and Baines who would improve us and are not just a way of trying to appease fans who know we need to strengthen.

In my opinion we need at least 3 top class players to compete on all fronts this season.

Obviously a top quality is central midfielder is a must as it has been for the past 3/4 seasons. I am still not confident in us signing Fabregas even though I would love it to happen but there are other options. Gundogan, Vidal and Luiz Gustavo are all top quality and would improve our midfield immediately despite all being different types of players. Fellaini is another option and while his attributes are something we lack he should not be first choice to come in. For any younger option I'd go for Kondogbia as he looks like he will be an outstanding player in a couple of years.

A left winger is needed, Bale is the obvious choice but I doubt there is any chance of getting him for anything less than £70m since Levy would be looking for every last penny. Di Maria and Reus are in my opinion the others we could look at for this position.

At left back Baines seems the most likely which would be a very good signing but if that wasn't to happen I'd go for Fabio Coentrao. Also Garay looks close to signing and even though he is a very good centre back we should surely be focusing on other areas firstly?

Out - Rooney, Nani, Evra and Macheda

In - Fabregas, Bale, Baines and maybe Garay.

Promote - Januzaj, Powell and loan out some of the other promising youngsters like Lingard and Henriquez

I still feel we need a second central midfielder but I would prefer one to cm and someone like Bale to 2 cm's and having to continue with lw's we have. Ideally we could add another CM to that but we have already signed Zaha and Varela and it's not often United will go out and buy 2 youngsters and then add 4-5 top class players ahead of them too.

GK - De Gea
RB - Rafael/Fabio/Varela
CB - Vidic/Ferdinand/Garay
CB - Smalling/Evans
LB - Baines/Buttner
CM - Carrick/Cleverley/Giggs/Anderson
CM - Fabregas/Powell/Jones
CAM - Kagawa/Januzaj
RW - Valencia/Zaha
LW - Bale/Young
CF - Van Persie/Hernandez/Welbeck

Any thoughts?

1.) 22 Jul 2013
Didn't sign in on the above post

Rjmanutd

2.) 22 Jul 2013
Didn't I read somewhere that Varela was going out on loan to Argentina? or did I dream that?

3.) 22 Jul 2013
Rj,

That's the dream.

4.) 22 Jul 2013
Varela is going on loan to Boca Juniors. Not confirmed 100%, but I have a very good contact (father in law) associated with Boca.

Fred the red