shaggy
Prefers blue over red, loathed by Spurs fans
It's more that we don't seem to play with those sorts of attackers, Fergie seems to prefer more direct forwards who are quick with the ball, rather than technical little ball players. Kagawa is the only real exception we've made, his playing style is very similar to those who you described, and I think he went for Kagawa over those as he's the one who has proved to play his best football down the middle, whereas the rest have arguably been better starting from a wide position.
He also went for Nasri. I've no doubt had we picked up one of the Spanish 'midfielders' currently plying their trade in the prem we'd win the league at a canter this season. At the end of the day a team with RvP, Rooney, Cazorla/Mata/Silva and Nani/Kagawa in it looks pretty exceptional. It's not as if we'll never use wing play again what with Rafael and Evra bombing forward all game as well. Our 'direct' wingers this year have been woeful, so its not as if we've been heavily reliant on them either.
question is - do Manchester United need them? answer, 5 points clear at the top of the league, is likely a 'no'.
if Mourinho, hypothetically, comes in and has a slew of _____ players in his XI - i'm sure there'd be a post that we don't have enough English players.
stick with homegrown. stick with what works. stick with history.
Romantic rubbish. Ignore the best pool of talent in the world because it's not traditional?