[Dirtycheat]

United linked with Shorey as Fergie admits left-back shortage

Originally Posted by Daily Mail

Sir Alex Ferguson is lining up a January raid for England international Nicky Shorey but has appeared to rule out a swoop for Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov or Bolton forward Nicolas Anelka.


The Manchester United manager wants to strengthen his defence after the hectic Christmas schedule as his Red Devils close in on honours both at home and abroad.

"We're maybe short of cover in the left-back position now that Gabby Heinze has left but other than that we're OK," the United manager said in the latest edition of Inside United magazine.


"We don't always get great joy in January," he added. "It takes players time to settle in when they arrive midway through the season.

"Look what happened with Evra and Vidic when they arrived, so we're conscious of that. I think the squad is good enough. We'll have Park Ji Sung back and Mikaël Silvestre will be back in the new year."

its also in the times : link

there was a lot of hype about shorey last year but i honestly dont think he can challenge evra at all.

We have oshea who can play there if we need him aswell as silvestre when he gets back, i dont think its that much of a shortage. Having said that, if oshea gets injured and tweety doesn't recover as fast as expected, then we are pretty screwed and will have to look to the youngsters.

[MENTAL]

I Dnt Think We Need Another Left Back We Have Great Players As It Is Such As Evra And Oshea Who Can Both Play On The Left DNT 4GET SILVESTRE

[hiphopsoul]

i dont see him getting past Evra & if he wants to come to united and happy just to watch from the bench then go for it! no more than £5m