10 reasons why United won’t sign Wesley Sneijder
The name Wesley Sneijder has become almost as synonymous with Manchester United as Sir Alex Ferguson or #19 of late. It seems during the Summer you couldn’t read an news article, tweet, blog or post with seeing some reference to the imminent arrival of the Dutch midfielder.
The Mail spent an entire month telling the world how Sneijder was set to sign any moment, before suddenly informing us he was actually staying at Inter- as the transfer window had closed- before realising sales were down again and there was space on the website for things other than pictures of Natasha Giggs, so he was obviously joining in January.
The Mail wasn’t the only publication that went Sneijder-crazy, almost every newspaper in Britain was awash with speculation of how Inter’s prized asset was on his way to the Theatre of Dreams. With the January transfer window less than two months away, we’re now being treated to more Sneijder rumours, which seem to have increased since the derby day defeat, somehow evidence that United ‘desperately need a new midfielder’ although how Sneijder would have prevented that drubbing is quite frankly beyond me.
Signing Sneijder may be an attractive propostion for many Reds, but I’m going to stick my neck out and state it simply isn’t going to happen. The reason? Well, here’s ten I can think of…
1. Tom Cleverley. Do we really need Sneijder if Cleverley’s fit? Probably not. Could Cleverley and Senijder play together? Of course they could but which one of them would be doing defensive duties and if the answer is neither then that means we’d need a five man midfield as there”s simply no way on God’s earth I can envision Cleverley being dropped in favour of Sneijder or anyone else. The problem with a five man midfield leads me to my next point…
2. Danny Welbeck . If Sneijder arrives then Welbeck would almost certainly see his chances of first team action all but disappear as it’s highly likely Rooney would be deployed as a lone striker to accomodate the Dutchman in midfield alongside two others. Welbeck is an outstanding striker who deserves the chance at Old Trafford he’s been given this season.
3, Chicharito. See reason number 2.
4. Can Wayne Rooney not do a similar and some would argue better job playing in the Sneijder role, just behind Welbeck or Chicharito? Against the likes of Chelsea last season he showed that he’s more than capable of operating in a ‘False 10′ type role that Sneijder also revels in.
5. At 28 Sneijder has practically zero re-sale value, plus is a massive step away from the transfer policy that Sir Alex has pursued these past few years- in fact you could argue that he’s pursued that policy since the Abramovich takeover of Chelsea.
6. Buying a player inelligible for the Champions League only three months after he could have been bought while he was still elligible, for practically the same price, would be like Sir Alex Ferguson holding up his hands and admitting he made a mistake in the Summer. Somehow I just can’t see it.
7. Sir Alex has been stung once before buying a superstar midfielder from Italy who could supposedly elevate the team to new heights and it’s doubtful that the United boss would want to risk breaking the club’s transfer record on a player unproven in the Premier League.
8. Only last week David Gill spoke of the importance to Ferguson of leaving the next United manager with a young, talented squad. Buying players in their late twenties is hardly going to help any new Red boss.
9. DM not AM should be the priority for midfield. If United are to strengthen the midfield department, then the fact we seem to be struggling to offer proper protection to the back four needs to be adressed.
10. Paul Pogba , Ryan Tunnicliffe and even Ravel Morrison are young midfield players who can have an impact on the first team over the next few years. do we really need to spend a fortune on a player who may scupper their first team chances over the next three years? I’d argue we don’t.
Article courtesy of Justin Mottershead at the excellent Red Flag Flying High
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Stopped reading after i saw reason number 1.
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The cleverly point – on this years evidence he can’t stay fit! That knocks 4 points out the water
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United midfield is crap!!! what a load of rubbish!!!! Cleverley is an injury prone player whe hardly ever plays more than half a season!!! look back at his playing history!!! Also with Wigan!!!
Wesley Sneijder would not eplace any of the players you mention!!! Welbeck has promise but it is far from certain that he shall be a top player!!!!
United need a player like Wesley Sneijder!! so what if he is cup-tied we could be out soon? And what is the point!! we would be killed by ether of the spanish giants!!!! United need to buy!!! There is no talent in our midfield!!! SAF says there is no value in the transfer market, when i go to Tesco’s i think there is no value in sthe prices of food, but i have to eat!!! if you want to win you have to buy!!! the market controls the value, and the value is what it is.
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If you compare Sneijer with Cleverly, means you are obsesive english fan.
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Gareth Lewis is bang on uniteds midfield is poor. As for the point Wesley wouldn’t have made a difference against city were were raped because there midfield bossed the game the had time to look up and pick passes and good team would have done that to us on that day. As for sneijder stoping the young players coming through you said a couple of times in the article how old he is the likes of ravel Morison and progba won’t be important 4 anothe 2 to 3 years so what would it hurt to learn off one of the best midfielders in the world. I think city will walk away with our title if our squad isn’t improved in january
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At least I can post here without my post’s being moderated and copied. lol.
I think we should go for Wes, he is a superb an attacking central midfielder, which United so need and demand.
Personally I would try to get Inesta and Messi.I think its possible, for back up we should try for Wilshere as well.If you dont aim for the moon you wont hit the stars*.All done in the worst possible taste.
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i think the article is spot on! right now the club thinks about the future.
this wont be Sneijder’s last club even if he does come. he will loose his skills by 30-33. if u see pogba, morrison and welback will mature later, in 2-3 years minimum. he will be sold to accommodate our young players. i dont think he would be as generous as scholes to sit on the bench. he wont have any resale value then. that will be seen as a bad move by the club and loss, which we wont bare but the club has to. Its business in the end.
i agree its lame to consider cleverly as good as Wes, but Wes didnt become who he is in his debut season. not a long time back he was kicked out of the club he didnt wanna leave. Give cleverly his time, and he is pretty decent. it was him who got the ball rolling against arsenal.
1 more thing, Look at what barca are doing. they have young talent and now they are adding well established names in. maybe fergi is saving up time for the next manager to have a team of his own and not sit around to mend things.
Do you think fergi doesnt know that the midfeild is not worth man utd standard? he is just grooming the new players in and making them feel at home. how demoralizing would it be for Pogba and morrison. since pogba’s situation at the club isnt stable. he would surely leave then.
getting inesta and wilshere? really?? its just not possible when was the last trade between these two clubs? Wenger doesnt let his players leave even if he get top money. and barca will destroy their system and give away inesta happily? this is not Fifa 12.
dont get me wrong i would love to see Wesley in our team. it would be an automatic goal scoring and supply of ruthlessness. but not for very long. why not invest in something more fruitfull.
cheers.
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all this crap about cleverley ,pogba,morison and whoever the other youngsters are is pure nonsense.Cleverley is an average player who we are trying to overate because the quality of our squad is so poor.Rooney can not play that role as sneidjer because wesley is by far more talented than rooney or anyone else in our team(attacking players).There is no tactical or footballing justification to why United wont sign Sneidjer,we are just broke and Glazers dont want to buy players.There is nothing fruitfull in relying on unproven players in the academy as well.If fergie really believes in them why not just play them? instead of Carrick and fletcher?.All this over analysing nonsense is crap….sneidjer is needed Pogba or morrison will grow with time and cleverley is not as good as we think for a woldclass club like united.
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Utd need a top class midfielder, forget giving youth a chance we can do that in meaningless games, city have a top team which is why they are top, we will get destroyed in champs league, we have the worst midfield since I can remember, a holding midfielder and a creative midfielder I’d must or we will win nothing this year.
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I can’t understand why berbatov after scoring in midweek was not on the bench, why was fletcher ot playing, these silly mistakes in management will cost us, maybe we need a new young fresh manager, thanks fir everything sir alex, but I can’t see us winning anything with you now,
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