I'd love to see Kagawa stay and be given another chance to prove himself. If he gets close to the form he had at Dortumund, it would be a tremendous bonus.
And there's also good news with Bebe and Anderson being left out of the squad going to the US.
I don't buy Anderson having a calf injury.
But I do buy that they're on their way out.
Could be a decent partner for Sturridge. Or even an impact player off the bench.
If there's any truth to the Hummels rumors then it would give Kagawa an easy exit but if he's willing to give it one more go under the new manager then I hope it works out well for him.
On the subject of Hummels it's emerged that he's changed the main language of his Twitter page from German to English in the last week or so and made a cryptic reference to needing to have English lessons. It could mean nothing, but it's also helped fuel rumors he's set for a move.
axecutioner18,
I think it was up there with United's best. Had it not been for your team being virtually unbeatable at the time they would probably have retained the trophy the following year.
Edwin van der Sar is second only to Peter Schmeichel in United's goalkeeping history.
The defense was excellent. Ferdinand, Evra and Vidic were at their peaks, Gary Neville was still capable and the likes of Wes Brown and John 'O Shea were solid, if unspectacular back up.
The centre of midfield was not United's best, Scholes was still the man, Hargreaves would have become a United great if injuries hadn't robbed him of his career but other than that it was many of the same faces that are part of the squad today, just a bit younger and with some chance of improvement still being in the realms of possibility.
Giggs could still contribute and obviously Ronaldo was the sort of player that made the impossible possible. An annoying individual because of his theatricals but United miss him to this day. Nani was still new to the side and at a stage where he was still considered to be settling in. All this time later and some people still insist he can deliver.
Rooney still gave a crap back then so was a vital part of the team, Tevez had attitude issues off the pitch which ultimately contributed to his departure but I thought he was a great player who always put in 110%.
The real decline started once Ronaldo left. The 2008 team was left to age, most of the new signings in the last 4-5 years of Fergie's tenure weren't good enough and young players were given increasingly less chances because Fergie was so stubbornly loyal to his veterans.
