The Skipper

Barcelona sources have told Sky Sports that they have yet to receive an official approach for Thiago Alcantara.

He's not ditching a Chelsea move at all... Too many people here are assuming the worst case. Just relax and have patience. If we really wanted him he'd definitely choose us over PSG.

Only thing Suarez is superior in is dribbling and probably his pace slightly I think. Everything else I think RVP is superior in. Sorry man I don't.

What?

If he does stay he'll pleasantly surprise a few of you with the maturity in his game.

exactly the same here. He definitely reminds me of a Spartan.

Because De Rossi is 29 he can easily act as Nat's mentor. There's no point in throwing Nat in the deep end when we've got so many other options available. We're not a small club. Nat's still very young and if he keeps developing would easily be able to take over from DDR once Daniele is past it - but for now it's totally unrealistic to expect Nat to feature prominently for us.

Nah. Van Persie.

Makes sense if we can't move Torres on and we're looking to bring in an elite striker. Still rather try moving Torres on than Ba though to be honest.

He's ready to come in and play a good few games already. He's good enough already - not like we're buying an unknown quality here. He's been playing in the Eredivisie since he's been 17.

Your Ajax supporting contact is clueless, he was one of the best players in the Eredivisie last season. I don't watch the Eredivisie as much anymore but you can take that from me and all my friends and family who watch it avidly back home. Ajax were even interested in him themselves. He was Nederlands Voetbal Talent van het Jaar (young player of the year) as well. No idea why your mate doesn't "rate him at all".

Get rid of Torres, get Rooney and De Rossi. Transfer window finished.

Nah. Give me Rooney over Zlatan.

If our recent signings are anything to go by then of course they know what they're doing. Don't forget that it was Jose who persuaded him to sign as well.

I don't know why people are so eager to get rid of Mikel when if De Rossi came he'd clearly be our second best option at DM, especially over Essien. A Mikel - De Rossi pivot would be very interesting to see as well; DDR would allow Mikel more freedom to express himself so we can really see his qualities. Mikel is still a valuable piece of our squad in my opinion. I think I'm one of the few who are actually looking forward to what JM does with him next season.

Oscar wasn't even £25m to begin with. Imaginary numbers.

Loan out Romeu and Josh, get in De Rossi or Kondogbia. Leaves us with Lampard, Mikel, Essien, Ramires, Van Ginkel, De Rossi/Kondogbia for the pivot with Oscar and KDB. Could potentially mean we're playing 4-3-3 as well, which isn't too bad. Squad already potentially looks a million times better than last season's.

Like I said, if he is motivated by JM to stay on a strict regime which isn't that hard let's be honest - he can easily get back into shape. It isn't something that's hard to fix/not fixable at all ala Torres' explosiveness.

A Rooney transfer doesn't share a lot of similarities to Torres transfer IMO. Rooney's main asset are his mental attributes. Physically, if put on a strict regime he can easily get back to his best shape, and you can't say the same about Torres who basically lost his explosiveness that made him so dangerous over his Liverpool career. Can you say the same about Wayne? Has Wayne lost what made him dangerous? If yes, is it difficult to regain like Torres? You are also forgetting that Wayne would cost half as much as Torres did. Honestly, the transfer isn't anywhere near as comparable as you're trying to make it seem in my opinion.

And it's exactly because of that that he isn't as effective as he is for Napoli - that's the point I'm trying to make. I wouldn't solely look at the international performances of a player to genuinely analyse his performances. I'd look at his club performances and to me, both players are clearly better for United and Napoli respectively.

Apart from his huge price tag?

I wouldn't mind either, but Rooney's price just edges it for me. £25m is a very decent price for a man who can score 30+ goals when fit and motivated. He will also allow more playing time for Lukaku as he's very flexible. That edges it for me as well. Just to add that I do rate Cavani higher than Rooney, but Cavani isn't £20m better.

Cavani isn't anywhere near as effective for his country as he is for his club, just like Rooney.

We're fine this season regarding CBs really. It's not as urgent as other areas in the squad. We should pursue one next year.

4. JT's never been fast ever. Ivanovic is still a CB that can play as a RB. Cahill is still a CB even if he is a squad player. Luiz isn't going to end up playing at CDM. So that's 4 CBs.