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Originally Posted by lotnik

Now there's a problem. No matter how many goals the team scores during the season, there's always a claim that United need a striker. But honestly - do we? As some of the lad have already said, United don't play as they played with RvN anymore. The thing is that we can't say whether we need a forward or not - only the manager knows the way he wants the boy to play and surely you don't change the winning team.

Some two years ago, I started to love the skill of KJN. He is so gifted and then I still missed Ruud in United's team. I must say that I still dream about him wearing the United shirt, but maybe we don't need a lone finisher there - fighters like Rooney or Tevez still know how to score.

Honestly, we do need a striker.

One needs to be brought in to either replace Saha or add to the strikeforce if United do decide to keep Saha and he gets injured as usual. Saha's injury woes the last couple of seasons have severely cramped United's rotation flexibility up top. Having to slot in Ronaldo and Giggs should be a sign that a striker needs to come in.

Originally Posted by bunbury7

Over here in America, there's a rumor.

Papers says: Man United wants paraguay international striker Salvador Cabañas of Club America (Mexico).. He is goal champion of Copa Libertadores in 2 times.

Here a link of rumor..

What do you say friends?

Greetings from Mexico.

Sorry for my anemic english

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Sincerely doubt this is true. No European experience (UEFA or CL).

Other than Manchester United, is this player rumoured to be going somewhere else in Europe?

Originally Posted by bldblade

I would personally want Mutu or Villa but I don't see any of them playing for united.

Can you explain why? What do you think either of these players could bring to the table for United?

As for Huntelaar, he has turned down a contract extension with Ajax. Apparently, he is not happy with the buyout. Possible indicator that he wants to leave?

Ajax technical director Danny Blind admitted to De Telegraaf that contract talks had failed in large part because Huntelaar wanted a release clause written into the deal but felt Ajax wanted to set the price too high.

The striker has been linked with a big-money to the Premier League, with Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool among his potential suitors.

"When you look at the Ajax salary structure he could get a huge deal," Blind said. "But he doesn't want to see a release clause set at 25 million euros in his contract. We didn't want to go any lower."

However, Blind insists the breakdown in talks does not mean Huntelaar will leave the club any time soon.

"We don't want to see Klaas Jan leave us," he said. "The bar is high. We would like to keep our top scorer in Amsterdam. If he doesn't want to sign a new contract, he still has a deal for the next two years."

Blind also holds out hope that Huntelaar might reconsider.

"The negotiations are stalled," he said. "We have agreed on the fact that Ajax will speak with all clubs that come in for Huntelaar. If the interested clubs don't want to pay what we we ask for, then we hope that we can start new talks with Klaas Jan again."

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