Sir Alex eyes summer targets

Nothing we haven't heard before really.

Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that work has already started on possible summer transfer targets.

In an exclusive interview with Inside United, the official club magazine, the Reds boss insisted he has a solid foundation in terms of his squad to ensure sustained success for the next five years or so as the younger players mature.

Although several clubs look likely to spend lavishly during the close season in a bid to compete for next year's title, the manager acknowledges that the champions will again be competitive in the transfer market after landing the likes of Robin van Persie and Shinji Kagawa in 2012.

Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool will all surely be on the look-out for big-name arrivals, particularly with a bumper new television deal coming into effect. It means that the task of retaining the title will be a difficult one but it is already a challenge that is being relished from within Old Trafford.

"You have to look at the structure of the club at present, in terms of the number of first-team players we have at 23 or under," Sir Alex explained in his monthly column in Inside United.

"David De Gea, Rafael, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Alex Büttner, Nick Powell, Tom Cleverley and Danny Welbeck. Shinji Kagawa and Chicharito are 24. Jonny Evans is 25 and Wayne Rooney is hitting his peak at 27.

"Older players like Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand may be coming towards the end of their careers, but these younger players are the foundation for the next five or six years, irrespective of the players breaking through, like Adnan Januzaj, the Belgian boy, who's really looking very good.

"Hopefully the players we bring into the club in the next year or so will be of the quality we need. We're competitive in the market - we're not Chelsea or Manchester City in terms of money but we're competitive.

"We've been doing a bit of work on that over the last three or four months, targeting who the players are that we feel could enhance us, make us better or help us maintain the level we're at."

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sounds like he's talking about Ronaldo to me.

sounds like we'll be shopping at lidl, baines, mc carthy and begovic.

Originally Posted by rebelcountyred

sounds like we'll be shopping at lidl, baines, mc carthy and begovic.

How do his (pretty anodyne) comments show that, then??

'maintain the level we're at'

really?

Originally Posted by Lazlo Panaflex

'maintain the level we're at'

really?

Sickening if we go out and buy more Antonio valencia's, we'd turn into wigan in no time.

"This concludes the business for this year"
Expected soon

Bet he can't wait for his cut of the Hames deal

https://twitter.com/chloeeverton

Originally Posted by Lazlo Panaflex

'maintain the level we're at'

really?

He doesn't give a £#%&! mate.

They sold ronaldo and signed michael owen and gave him his shirt number ffs. If that were milan or real madrid they'd have been up in arms.

Originally Posted by Zorg

https://twitter.com/chloeeverton

Never trust a women.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

He doesn't give a £#%&! mate.

They sold ronaldo and signed michael owen and gave him his shirt number ffs. If that were milan or real madrid they'd have been up in arms.

Milan replaced Andrea Pirlo with Sully Muntari ffs

Madrid replaced Hierro with Pavon

Originally Posted by That Boy Ronaldo!

Never trust a women.

1 woman or 2?

Originally Posted by Zorg

https://twitter.com/chloeeverton

She was in my year at school, she was a right tomboy

Had a mega bushy @#%&! too

Originally Posted by Mao's Favourite Starling

She was in my year at school, she was a right tomboy

Had a mega bushy @#%&! too

Originally Posted by dunk

Milan replaced Andrea Pirlo with Sully Muntari ffs

Madrid replaced Hierro with Pavon

tbf andrea pirlo and hierro weren't the best players in the world at the time.

Originally Posted by red @rmy

1 woman or 2?

2, 3, 4, 5 etc. Never trust them!

Originally Posted by Mao's Favourite Starling

She was in my year at school, she was a right tomboy

Had a mega bushy @#%&! too

Erm, link?

Originally Posted by Sparky***

tbf andrea pirlo and hierro weren't the best players in the world at the time.

They were pretty £#%&!ing good though.

"I'm happy with the pwayers I've got, NQAT"

Originally Posted by Bral

"I'm happy with the pwayers I've got, NQAT"

Woy Hodgson?