What do they need him for? Yaya replacement?

A Fernando & Fernadinho midfield would provide the commentators with quite a task, especially if those 2 started tiki taka'ing.

Liverpool in for Shaqiri apparently (From Twitter).

handy player but wont take them up a level imo. they have other major holes in their squad

I think Shaquiri is chod, despite his hattrick yesterday.

Yes, and hopefully if they get Shaquiri, they get out of our way on Sanchez (if Wenger is indeed even interested).

How much did they pay for Herrera?

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Jed wrote:

How much did they pay for Herrera?

28-29 million pounds is what I'm seeing. That's too much for me but I suppose that's the market these days

Luke Shaw to have medical at Man Utd, according to Sky Sports.

Our rivals have all made their moves already. Thought nothing would happen until after the World Cup.

60m in the hole on two players that wont make a huge difference to them next season. not too worried by the mancs moves so far, but lvg could whip them into shape

Herrera is a good player, but why would Man U need another number 10 when they already have Mata, Shrek and Kagawa for that position? He doesn't really score or assist either. It won't make them stronger anyway.

Herrera can play as a box to box CM, in La Liga at least. That's where he started out IIRC. He'd have to play alongside a disciplined DM at United though

Might see united play differently next season.

Rooney is a real problem for them though

Herrera will plug a huge hole in United's midfield. It was obvious for awhile that they are lacking in midfield quality which is why Fergie always play direct football.

Shaw for 30m is meh. Obviously it would have helped that we didn't release him from our youth academy when he was young but oh well.