Re: Manchester United Supporters Thread - Owen wants move!
Baptista looks like he's Arsenal's now. And maybe not the type of player we need. If we want someone in the middle of the park, he needs to have some defensive abilities too.
If we get Figo, we'd have 4 wingers in Ronaldo, Figo, Giggs and Park. Which might be a good idea cuz then we'd have 2 young ones and 2 experienced wingers. Figo and Giggs could always be used for their experience while Ronaldo and Park would the ones that take the team into the future.
And Owen's situation at Real Madrid is only gonna get worse when Robinho arrives. He's complaining that he doesnt get a game but still wants to stay and fight for a place. What's he gonna do when he suddenly becomes 4th choice? If we sign him, he actually has a great chance of being in the first team. And the good thing is, it keeps Ruud on his toes too cuz he knows that Owen can take his "guaranteed" first team place quicker than anyone. Not sure what his price would be but its safe to say that Real will want a profit on him so its definately over £8million. And lets face it, our defence is great and with Van Der Sar, its gonna be even better. So if we can get someone like Owen to greatly increase out chances of scoring, he could be priceless. Forget the Sahas and Smiths and even Rooney. When it comes to experience at the highest level, the world cup, he has proven himself and our other strikers havent and sometimes he can show that with his goals. Something that Saha and Smith cant do and Rooney hasnt shown yet.
Ballack only has a year left on his contract at Bayern so if he doesnt sign an extension, he's free the season after so Bayern are gonna probably look to cash in seeing how old he is now too. This means that he wont be as expensive as one would expect him to be. He can defend, he can attack, he can be paired with Scholes OR Keano and still do a good job in midfield. Plus something tells me that the new Keane is already at our club but we just dont know it yet. I remember when Cantona left and people were saying we'll never replace him and they're right, we never did but that doesnt we still need him right now. It was the same thing when Robbo left. Maybe the player we need is someone like Fletcher or Smith who I see moving into midfield soon.
As for Essien, Chelsea might be back in for him cuz they lost out on Gerrard so I dont really know where thats going. And a lot of people are saying that he's over hyped too, although is was the French Player of the Year. Is he worth the money? I dont know. But at the age of 22, he can only be a really bad signing or a really good signing.
Personally, I dont really know who's more important. Although I'd like guys like the others, Essien might have to be the one cuz he plays in Keano's position which should be our priority. Some might argue that Figo and Ballack are old but you have to remember that Sheringham helped us to the European Cup at the age of (I think) 32 which goes to show that quality always shines through.
So really, I dont know who we want more. I personally want Owen.
