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Sturridge would start over Nasri and Dzeko first of all. Him and Balotelli are on the same level. He would probably not start every game then again even Aguero rotates in City attack. I think you are underrating him and our rivals would love to have him. Mata has to do a lot for our lack of midfield because no one in our midfield can connect more then two passes in row so he has to drop back a lot , he would naturally perform better and be more consistent when our midfield is resolved. Same goes for Sturridge. btw no way is Luiz world class, i think he has been unfairly criticized and i am a huge fan but just no.

I am quite baffled by this thread. I can see where you are coming from with the Ramires comments. But seriously disagree with you with Sturridge and Mata. I want to start with Sturridge then get to your comments about Mata. I don't know what you are on about but Sturridge would definitely start for any team in the Premier league, including Man City and United. In fact Mancini has stated the following: "If Sturridge was here today, he'd be in the first team. I've watched him many times and know him well." He would definitely start over Antonio Valencia and Ashley Young at United. Sturridge has been playing shitty lately, but remember this trend is pretty recent since Ivanovic got injured. Bosingwa is single handily doing his best to ensure Sturridge is ineffective, he plays much better with Ivanovic. Mata is not on the same level as Xavi, Iniesta, Ronaldo, and Messi obviously. But no way is Rooney, Aguero, and Silva on the same tier as them either. There is not much of a difference between Silva and Mata, and Mata is doing a lot on the wing to compensate for a very poor midfield. Aguero had a great month in his debut, but since then he has pretty much had a lot of inconsistent games like Sturridge and Mata. Aguero is a tad overrated.

I haven't seen much of him, only seen him in the CL. But the only player i have seen that constantly gets the better of Dani Alves. btw Did he sign a new contract recently, because i thought he in the last year of his contract?

I say we should stop sanding our non-english youth players to english clubs, because clearly they have no interest of playing them. Intended or untended prejudice but clearly they are not given a fair chance. Posters here mention our rivals most successful loan transfers; Wilshere, Walker, Welbeck, and Cleverley. Sturridge was our most successful loan transfer, and it seems to me only english players are given a fair chance on loan in England. Can anyone name a few or even one non-english player that thrived on a loan to another english club? This season our most successful loan stories are Kalas, Courtois, and Bruma. Pretty sure none of them would've gotten a chance at a english club.

I don't think either of those players would really want to be at United either. Does that mean United is not a super club? Barca also rejected Erikson at age 15 and so did other clubs. Personally i favor Erikson over Gotze, he perfectly fits our 4-3-3 flat formation.

Tim Krul and Joe Hart are also in the discussion, but for me is Vorm. He has been benched.

Vorm has been the best keeper in the PL this season, no chance he would come here as a backup.

Gotze is not a CM, he is neither a Iniesta or a Xavi. He is more like Ozil, Silva, Mata, Jovetic, Hazard, etc. Players who can play on the wing or behind a striker. We have the best chance with Hazard. Gotze is a year or two away from moving, Neymar is Real or Barca bound. As talent and potential goes i rank them in this order: Neymar>>>>>>Gotze<Hazard.

McEachran and Mata.

Neither Madrid or Barca are keen on Hazard tbh, pretty much believe City is the bigger obstacle Zidane wants him at Madrid, but he is not a big influence with Mourinho and Florentino Perez at the table. Perez wants Neymar, but Mourinho likes his current squad a lot and may only make an exception for Neymar. Because Neymar is that special of a talent, a player you have to sign and especially since your eternal Nemesis are hard after him. There is no need for Hazard at Barca either, with Csec playing so much forward. Sandro Rosell seems to have a hard on for Brazilian players and would definitely make Neymar a priority in the summer. So in short Barca and Madrid are eyeing a bigger fish.

Ivanovic is a much better RB then CB, even though he wouldn't admit it. He hasn't been quality at CB for a while now, while he puts in quality performances at RB. I don't think it should be a priority to get a RB in this transfer window, this season is almost lost and i hope AVB experiment with Hutchinson and see what we have in the youngster.

I think you are underrating Ivanovic at RB, while extremely overrating him at CB.

With the exception of Adam, all those players you listed are DM's for their team. Wouldn't it be more fair to compare Ramires to Anderson, Wilshere, Cleverley, Arteta, Modric, and Yaya?

I still believe Lampard is a better option then Meireles.

Podolski would be a massive signing for arsenal, hopefully he stays in Germany.

Our midfield has been total shit for the last few games, i seriously can't imagine being any worse with McEachran.

I am not expecting big changes, my concern is finishing outside of the top 4. We need a major signing to qualify for CL next year.

How do you know our interest was legitimate in Vargas? The media proclaims there is chelsea interest with almost every player.

Lucas and Hulk. I would try to mould Mata into the Lampard role.

I am fine with Krasic, but i would have a problem if he is our only signing beside Cahill.

I am guessing this response is toward me. We are strongly linked with Krasic and even his agent has admitted interest from chelsea. So i don't think i am wrong thinking that Krasic is the most likely candidate Is he not average? He was only good for 2-3 months with Juve, played out of his mind for that short stint and the rest of his Juve career has mirrored performances of Kalou and Malouda.

Its probably Krasic, another average player at best.

I won't hold him to high standard in this window, because i understand the circumstances that goes on in January, but he needs to do enough to make sure we finish in the top 4.

The January transfer window is important, he has to bring the right reinforcements. Identifying a team needs is an important aspect of a successful manager lets see how AVB does. He didn't do a good job in the summer.

What?? Torres was a flop before joining Chelsea?