Usually you don't rotate in defense as much as in attack.
Premier League proven players who also are British/Irish cost more than other players. I don't know what this seems so strange to you.the Irish premium.
Upgrade on the Rafael of this season? Certainly yes. But if we go with this logice then we should keep only De Gea from our current team. All players have underperformed (I don't think that even Rooney has played near his best, though a bit better than last season).
Just because some posters want the club to buy a RB doesn't mean that Rafael will be sold. If he's not up to the fight then he shouldn't be at the club, I believe he will, he's United through and through. A bit of healthy competition can only be beneficial. Sometimes players get to comfortable when they know they will be playing regardless of form.
You seem to be missing the point here, when Rafael needed cover this season we've had to rely on Smalling, a top club shouldn't have to do that. The last thing we want to do is buy another ' Buttner' type player, or to rely on Smalling/Jones/Valencia which hasn't worked well.
Coleman hasn't been over rated on here though, in fact most have said the 20-25 million asking price is far to much.
Robbie Keane? I also guess that the reason why there aren't many Irish players who go for inflated fees (which to a degree means to be signed from top clubs) is because there aren't many good Irish people. Coleman is one of the best of them and just see how much he is getting overrated here.
Tell me how we will get the money to sign Coleman if it isn't funded by Rafael's sale. We need at-least a central midfielder, a left back and a central midfielder. Ideally we need another central midfielder and an another left back. How we will spend 20m in a right back and keep Rafael when we have other positions to improve?
As I said I don't care if it's Coleman as long as it's a very good player that comes in, I'm certain we are going to sell this summer as well as our usual 'War Chest' I don't think the money would be an issue, I think the unrealistic price for Coleman would be though, as you've already stated Everton don't gave to sell.
We need to buy a RB as well, no matter what way you look at it, I'd much rather have 8 very good defenders than 4 very good and 4 average stand ins. It comes back to that word 'competition' we need players looking over their shoulder, not being comfortable in there positions.
If he's good enough he should have made the step up by now, he's 21 next month I think, if Moyes thinks he's ready then fine he can fight for his place like anybody else. If that means Moyes thinks he doesn't need to buy cover then so be it.
Good point. Average players do look better when flanked by great players.
They were a bit old when they went there. Completely agree with Sultan.
No one's ever said that Fabio's a top player. People have used the CL Final to prove that he's got some amount of talent as when he's managed to get a run either here or at QPR he's proved good enough. Not necessarily to be a starter but good enough to be a backup. You'll find very few if any wanting Fabio to be first choice right off the bit. Just wanted him given a chance since he's proven to be at worse slightly better than Buttner and capable of playing on both sides as well as being used to the club and settled.
I get you. It was mainly the part where you said the CL Final = top player I disagreed with. Seen no one call him a top player, just a good one.
