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[red_devils4life]

Fergie - January deals unlikely
United boss confident squad is good enough


Sir Alex Ferguson has suggested he is unlikely to add to his Manchester United squad during the January transfer window.


During the summer, the United boss spent in excess of £50million in bringing Owen Hargreaves, Anderson, Nani and Carlos Tevez to Old Trafford.

Reports have suggested that Ferguson could be tempted to raid the market for a striker in the New Year, with Dimitar Berbatov and Nicolas Anelka linked with the Premier League champions.

But Ferguson believes past experience shows that signing new players in the winter is not always an immediate source of success.

"I think the squad is good enough," Ferguson told Manchester United's official magazine Inside United.

"We don't always get great joy in January, I have to say.

"It takes time for players to settle in when they are midway through the season - look at what happened with Evra and Vidic when they arrived - so we are conscious of that. I think the squad is good enough."

Having already voiced his belief that the current United squad is the strongest of his 21-year reign, Ferguson appears willing to let his current players shoulder the burden in the second half of the season.

The Scot knows Paul Scholes, Park Ji-sung, Ben Foster and Mikael Silvestre will all return from major injuries at various points over the next few months, deepening his reserves of strength still further.

He added: "Maybe we are short of cover in the left-back area now Gabriel Heinze has left, but other than that, we are okay.


So only a new left-back this season?:eek:

[andycole9]

our squad is big enough....fergies right summer is the best time to buy players...no one wants to sell there best players mid season

[Justice]

The squad is good enough, at the moment. This does not mean he wont bring in some youngsters...

[RichardsReds]

Really not bothered, wouldn't mind a nice loan signing again though :)

[kesaldo]

he knows wat his doing n wat to do so its in his hand but we surely need a left or a right back with a striker

[Red Devil]

Noooooooooooo problemo signor!

Fergie says this every december. Keeps the prices down.

[red_dec7]

fergie never buys big in january

[dan7]

i think he is right but i am sure he could find a decent left back at a cut price

[Red Devil]

we have good left back in reserves, no worries!

[GeordieMancunian]

We need another striker I feel. In 1999/2000 we had Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær, at the moment we only have Louis Saha, Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez, we need one more striker.

[Keano4taoiseach]

I am not sure about no signings......

Look how much we struggled at Bolton without Rooney.....

With Saha injured more often than he is fit and even when fit, a yard of the pace sadly, we may need a striker, perhaps someone on loan like we did with Larsson last season......

We don't need anyone at all though in defence or midfield and we have three superb goal-keepers....

[Wazza1989]

hope....he does buy at least a striker...we need one as a cover

[red_devils4life]

Last season,we have Wayne Rooney,Giuseppe Rossi,Alan Smith & Louis Saha.Thus,that won us the title with 4 strikers available.Louis Saha was fit for the first-half of the season. And when he's not,Alan Smith came back for him. Moreover, Rooney & Rossi was fit for throughthout the whole season.So I think an extra striker is required,regardless of a starter or a non-starter.

[Agind]

LB ?
What about Ezequil Garay ? I heard that we already deal in personal term.
Well , It's depend on SAF needs, we just trust him

[Nirk]

is he on crack??? we need a new striker !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 110%

[Red Devil]

I am not sure about no signings......

Look how much we struggled at Bolton without Rooney.....

With Saha injured more often than he is fit and even when fit, a yard of the pace sadly, we may need a striker, perhaps someone on loan like we did with Larsson last season......

We don't need anyone at all though in defence or midfield and we have three superb goal-keepers....that was the whole team. Look back at all the stupid games we have lost, its not the lack of this player or that, its coomplacency. The players went out against Bolton thinking they had already won, and it showed. Complacency. We do it at least 4 times a year. We get ****y, lordy lordy, better than youuuuuuuuuu!!!

Look at the games we lost the season before last, 6 I believe. We lost 4 or 5 of them to "minor teams" who should never have beaten us in a trillion years.

[nabcake]

we dont need no body

[Red Devil]

we dont need no bodyAs thats a double negative, who do we need in your opinion?

[Keano's fan]

I am not sure about no signings......

Look how much we struggled at Bolton without Rooney.....

With Saha injured more often than he is fit and even when fit, a yard of the pace sadly, we may need a striker, perhaps someone on loan like we did with Larsson last season......

We don't need anyone at all though in defence or midfield and we have three superb goal-keepers....
We were without Ronaldo, Park, Scholes and saha was playing his first 90 minutes in a year. So we were missing 5 of our attacking players, what team wont be affected with that ?

[/B]]Last season,we have Wayne Rooney,Giuseppe Rossi,Alan Smith & Louis Saha.Thus,that won us the title with 4 strikers available.Louis Saha was fit for the first-half of the season. And when he's not,Alan Smith came back for him. Moreover, Rooney & Rossi was fit for throughthout the whole season.So I think an extra striker is required,regardless of a starter or a non-starter.
No we didnt. Rossi was out on loan for the entire season. Smith didnt start playing until late February. And Saha went missing from the start of the year. Only Rooney was 'available' for the entire season.

I do want another striker. I dont think it should be a priority but it would be nice to have another striker in the squad. But in January, players prices are inflated even more as teams wouldnt want to lose their best players midway through the season. With Park and Scholes coming back, I believe we'll have enough attacking options that I feel would be enough for the season.

[nabcake]

i think w/ tevez and rooney up front and saha as a sub there shouldn't be any problems, in case 2 of those pple gets injured SAF can always put giggs or like anderson (maybe) up front

[Red Devil]

Your forgetting one thing, we have players in reserves who can make the step up if required. They have proved time and time again they have what it takes. This Reserve team won the Youth Champions League last August for heaven's sake - they are not crap players!! We have enough players and we have enough reserves.

[Clarky101]

i think his right. i think come next summer were need a young promosing right back, that way gary can keep his place till his time is to move on and the youngster can fill in odd games and gain experience. sort of like a giggs nani scenario. come the summer i think he will bring in 1 more striker aswell. again id like it to be a big name but wouldnt mind if it was a promosing youngster tbh. either way **** janary transfer window, **** month anyways

[Red Devil]

Your forgetting one thing, we have players in reserves who can make the step up if required. They have proved time and time again they have what it takes. This Reserve team won the Youth Champions League last August for heaven's sake - they are not crap players!! We have enough players and we have enough reserves.

READ my lips :rolleyes:

[Keano4taoiseach]

that was the whole team. Look back at all the stupid games we have lost, its not the lack of this player or that, its coomplacency. The players went out against Bolton thinking they had already won, and it showed. Complacency. We do it at least 4 times a year. We get ****y, lordy lordy, better than youuuuuuuuuu!!!

Look at the games we lost the season before last, 6 I believe. We lost 4 or 5 of them to "minor teams" who should never have beaten us in a trillion years.


Yes and that is why I gave special mention to Rooney.......

Not only is he a world-class player and a key player for us but he has the right attitude for matches like that......

I could not have seen the likes of Campo pushing him around........he would have got stuck in and his strength is always an asset for us........