Comments on: Silva’s Contract Talks Stall…United Make Their Move

By: austin reynolds

austin reynolds — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:47:09 +0000

very good player and would improve us on the left, i think? (he actually played better on the right in some of the euro games!)
wether were really interested in him or not i would have put a bid in for him. for the above reasons and also to set the price rolling at a good level so the bindippers cant even afford to show interest!!

By: Davion

Davion — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:01:20 +0000

Awesome.. David Silva is a quality player and there arent much players left of his calibre on the market.. Great buy even if it doesnt solve the striker problem.. ferguson might even change formation.. not that it had success.. think 4-4-1-1 with van nistelrooy.. they have youngsters to fill the void too.. frazer campbell is decent.. and i heard rumors bout henry too.

By: Sagar Shah

Sagar Shah — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:26:48 +0000

I want a striker!!!

By: Hussain

Hussain — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:13:22 +0000

I would love him to come, and im sure he would prefer us to any other premiership sides.. he wants a new challenge and either wants to move to Italy or England..

Can play Attacking Midfield role, Left/Right wing.. i think he would be a top buy, if anything less than £20 million pound..

+ do we have any natural left footed winger??

By: Anant

Anant — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:05:25 +0000

agree with liam . we need a minimum of 4 wingers . of our current lot – giggs is more or less past it . park hasnt convinced me in the last couple of seasons . only ronaldo and nani left . and i still have my doubts about nani performing consistantly throughout the season (he showed great skill in some games but it was coupled with wrong decision making which i’ll put down to inexperience) . now , consider our current situation- no ronaldo , no nani , a half fit park with no pre season . there – we have only giggsy to cover 2 wide positions . oh and hargo and fletch arent wide players . they look totally out of sorts on the wing (at least fletcher does) .

so , i would say our need for a winger might actually be greater than our need for a striker . we will have 4 players covering 2 striker positions – i.e. manucho and campbell included , if we sell saha . also , ronaldo can provide cover if needed .

and silva is one of the best young wingers in europe . it all fits perfectly . we should get him now before benitez tries to lure him with his spanish armada .

By: Craig Mc

Craig Mc — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:30:52 +0000

Liam, are you serious mate?. Nani not ready to be a starter?. The mind boggles!. I challenge you to watch again and again United’s end of season review, and watch Nani, and you will see just how much he affected so many of the games, and goals with his deadly balls into the box. I watched one day with a mate who isn’t a United fan at all, but he was amazed at Nani. Did you watch the Euro championships Liam?. In Portugals last game before being knocked out, Nani did more in 20 minutes he came on for, than Ronaldo did the whole match. In fact, I would go as far as to say, that if Nani had played the whole game, and Portugal had a decent centre forward, Nani would have got a good number of assists in that game, and Portugal may have gone on to win it.

By: Jimmybob

Jimmybob — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:01:50 +0000

rather an out and out striker myself, sounds like hot air from his agent

By: Patrik

Patrik — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:33:19 +0000

I’d welcome him. Giggs is probably in his final season, Nani isn’t a starter, not yet anyway, and Ronaldo could be gone at the end of the season which means that this time next year we could have only Nani and Park as wingers, so I’d say buy Silva now and let him learn the english game so he’s settled for next year. Besides his young and already better than Giggs and Park as well as Nani. With that said, a striker should be our number one priority, but why not get Silva as well?

By: OTRed

OTRed — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:16:16 +0000

Why is this good? We don’t need another winger no matter how good he is, we need a STRIKER and we can’t bench a £20m plus player. Ronaldo last season was already having enough trouble coping with too much defenders marking him on the wings(which gave rise to the “he disappears in big games” mantra), playing him as a striker now will only make that worse. If we’re gonna buy a winger, it should be in our priorities in the 09 January transfer market, our number one priority should be a striker.

By: Liam

Liam — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:41:59 +0000

I don’t think people get that our need for a winger is nearly as great as our need for a striker. Park has become quite injury prone and Nani isn’t ready to be a starter. Giggs will most likely retire at the end of the season so a versatile winger is very much on our list