Wesley Sneider and Joe Cole might play their football at the trafford next season...they are good players, yes...how long can they serve at the trafford. I feel Fergie should be hunting for Blossoming talents more than the old guards..He should be Hunting for oezil,Bastos,and Chilean sanchez

Marex, I see you consider Goal.com, the mirror etc as authorities in transfer stories. These guys are just out for clicks. Don't pay attention to their "Cristiano heading to Barca" type of crap.

Brewer.....yeah, he is!!!!

Brewer, for me l cant blame Rooney for 4 poor game with a dysfuntional English team!!!!

Fergie should be looking players who probably didn't show up at the world cup - maybe their countries didn't qualify or they were considered surplus to requirements by a rogue coach [Like Domenech]. Chasing after players who shine at the world cup is a waste of money. Everyone wants them and this pushes their price through the roof. And after all that you might still experience buyers remorse. Do business before the world cup - save yourself money!!!

Mwenza,
Exactly brother. Infact looking at all the players who have exceled at the world cup one thing stands out, they are surrounded by very good players, cases in point include Higuain and Villa. Torres Rooney & Drogba just came from injuries and in the case of Rooney & Drogba add the exhausting season they had. Is Eto' not world class???

To discuss Rooney as not world class in naive: Voted best player of the season by fellow proffessionals and praised by virtually all the big/experienced coaches around the globe. Messi and Fabiano just the other day said they dream of partnering Rooney before they end their football carriers. England lacked a player who could even match Valencia

Rooney is a good player but he sucked at the WC. I have lowered my expectation of Rooney and the English game.

You may find these statistics interesting. Of the last 8 teams left in the WC the most represented league is Bundesliga with 37 players followed by La Liga with 33 players. Both Germany and Spain are among the 8 and the entire German team (23) plays in the Bundesliga while 20 out of 23 players in the Spanish team play for La Liga. The Italian league still has 25 players in the WC long after departure of Italy, whose entire team plays in the Italian league. The English league is still represented by 18 players and the entire England team consisted of players playing in the English league. MEANING, Italian and English leagues lead in attracting some of the world's best players, but of the 4 countries, Italian and English local boys got a beating at the WC.