Speaking of Chelsea, they're playing against Malaysian XI in about an hour.
Do they need a replacement? They are looking for midfielders, and Kagawa can play in his position.
We don't
need a replacement, but not signing an attacking player of similar quality to Rooney would be pretty absurd.
I really can't stress enough just how bad our wingers are. Nani, Valencia and Ashley Young scored 3 goals between them in the league. Valencia and Young are finished as far as I'm concerned. Nani has the unpredictability in his game and can turn it on now and then, but Valencia and Young have been nothing but consistently shit for a year now (more than a year in Young's case). Valencia was amazing the season before but there's something mentally wrong with the Ecuardorian international, 27, that makes him dilly dally on the ball like a genuine retard. It's almost like he realised he was very good last season, but very one-dimensional so he's trying to add something else to his game but his brain doesn't work quickly enough to figure out what to do with the ball so he just stands there holding up play for 5 seconds every time he gets the ball. It's the most infuriating thing in the world.
I've seen people suggesting first XIs for United next season that feature Januzaj and/or Zaha. They may have the potential to play for United in the future, but they almost certainly won't be good enough for the coming season if our aim is challenging for the league and Champions League. The fact that people suggest them as first XIers just sums up how shit our wingers are. We'd need a player capable of playing the number 10 role or a winger if we sold Rooney. We won't though. Or we might if it's Vucinic.