The Skipper

His website is pretty nice. http://www.andre-schuerrle.de/

Well, he is the most feminine member of the squad, so you might be right...

Really, really hate how they try to paint Torres as the foremost, main guy. It's so annoying.

Yeah, mentioned this in the DDR thread a few days/weeks ago... I would love to see this actually. If De Rossi's intensity rubbed over to Mikel it would actually be a dominant midfield, especially as it freed Mikel from his shackles. It could work very well I think.

Come on!

If Rooney is coming Torres has to go in my books.

Well, most United fans wanted Ronaldo out after his World Cup shenanigans. Look how well that went... £20m for Rooney is a steal.

No, that doesn't make sense to me. I don't know why it's so hard for you to see that Oscar does have the capabilities of playing as the most forward midfielder in the 4-3-3. I'm not even advocating that we should play 4-3-3, all I'm saying is that it's easy to see how he can play there. 1) Oscar is naturally a tempo dictator - he's naturally everywhere. When Oscar plays number 10 you will often find that he comes very deep to collect the ball - which automatically turns the formation into a 4-3-3 anyway. He's not always in and around the final third like Mata - he's everywhere on the pitch like I said before - I'm sure you remember Barbara's article on it; the heat graph shows that. He has the tactical ability to discipline himself to maintain that 4-3-3 shape. 2) Oscar is a very well rounded player and to say he doesn't have the defensive capabilities makes me wonder if you've actually been watching him this season. Oscar has great work rate, a great tactical nous, and actually has a decent tackle on him, which is evident by the fact that he made the second most tackles in our team last season. You're acting as if he'd be the main defender in the 4-3-3 formation when that simply isn't true - especially not if he has the likes of Ramires and De Rossi (for example) partnering him in midfield. I can't believe you are forgetting his performances against Juventus and Arsenal where he completely shut down Pirlo and Arteta. If that doesn't scream "Oscar has good defensive capabilities" to you then nothing will. 3) Playing Oscar as the most forward player in the 4-3-3 gives us great tactical flexibility, because as you said before, Oscar can be further deployed forward to change the formation into our 4-2-3-1 anytime during the game when we do need to get more men forward. It really isn't that hard to envisage Oscar as the furthest forward player in a 4-3-3. He clearly has the capabilities to do so, I even think he has the capabilities and qualities to play in the -2- in a 4-2-3-1, and many people have wondered if he will be tried there - so I don't understand how anyone can find it so hard to imagine Oscar in a 4-3-3. It isn't.

That isn't true. Oscar likes to drop deep when he's playing at 10. He's almost everywhere - a 4-3-3 as the most advanced midfielder could easily suit him.

It's definitely a gamble, but if we get him and ideally ship off Torres our strike force looks a million times better. Even when Rooney's not on form he still brings a lot to the team - and that's the biggest difference between him and Torres. Rooney supposedly just came off a bad season but he still scored 12 goals and managed to get 10 assists in 22 PL starts despite being played all over the place. It'd be okay if he's injured or off form as we'd have Lukaku here alongside Ba (hopefully) who would easily be able to fill the void until he gets back. Honestly, the benefits of signing Rooney outweigh the drawbacks by far in my opinion. Still easily a world class player, even if he didn't have the best of seasons in 2012/13. Many forget that he grabbed 35 for United the season before when he was played as the number 1 striker.

Even as a 6 depending in his partner.

Don't know exactly, but it's encouraging to see that he's being taken to the tour. Maybe it'll be settled very soon now.

A hamstring injury proves a guy is over the hill? Ha. Doesn't look after his body well? Well, what do you make of David Moyes saying just a few days ago that the United staff have said that he's returned in the best shape he's been in in 5 years? Oh, and pace and explosiveness is not what makes Rooney a dangerous player. It's his intelligence on the pitch.

Probably Daniele and a top calibre striker if we can shift Torres. If not then definitely Bruma as well.

Neymar had a lot of other third parties involved in the deal. The official amount paid out to all parties was 57m euros, it's even on Barcelona's official website.

Allegedly got a hamstring injury, returning to the UK. Interesting.

Yes. Wallace has work permit issues "accordingly" and Bertrand Traore is another interesting one because he's never actually been mentioned by the club before today.

Sam Walker, Jamal Blackman, Tomas Kalas, Nathaniel Chalobah, Josh McEachran, Islam Feruz, Lucas Piazon are the youths going on first team tour.

Surely not? LOL. That's way too much. If true, people can stop crying about Rooney's wages.

They did, but they also added their own report that seems to confirm the Mirror's report. The Independant are quite respectable. Certainly more than the likes of DM, The Sun, Daily Express etc.

You have to laugh at the delusion right? Marquinhos would be 4th choice if he came here and that's being optimistic. Ridiculous what some people think tbh.

Great move, considering he'd be 3rd choice especially if we bring in another DM. He needs all the game time he can get.

So what, you want £32m squad players as well? Christ.

Mignolet will obviously be number 1, you don't spend £12m on a reserve goalkeeper. Reina's off.

Yeah, I'd say we have the best number 2 in the PL now.