inside_man wrote:
United could easily accomodate him and Rooney, Pastore could play a little deeper than he is now and Rooney could go back to being the lone striker (when he got all his goals last year).
Arsenal will lose both those players this summer.
City wouldn't blink twice about having Silva + Pastore, and again similar to United, he could play alongside Tev.
Spurs - he just wouldn't go there anyway.
If it's an English club though, it'll be Chelsea.
Well let's put it this way, Rooney plays best playing off a striker. He had a good year before when he got a lot of goals, but he clearly struggled in that role this year, luckily, Berbatov carried his poor form for him. I think Fergie likes the Hernandez/Rooney combo. I don't know why he'd go and spend £40m on a player to change that, it makes little sense, especially from a manager who seems to favour continuity.
At City, Mancini generally plays three attacking players with one box-to-box player, e.g. Tevez, Silva, Balo then Toure. Pastore doesn't really fit the mold of attacking midfielder/forward he likes, Silva likes to play off the flanks and cut in, or he can at least operate in that way. Pastore is very much a free roaming player, a player like Riquelme who would thrive most in England if he was given the hole with players behind him. City could change to accommodate him, but that would mean Mancini completely changing a working system to accommodate a player they don't really need.
Arsenal's players probably will go, but Wenger won't spend £40m when he believes he can get the player before the move to Europe.
I agree, Chelsea would probably be his only club, but it remains to be seen if Chelsea are going to invest in new players, or stick with the tried and failed.
