Berba has no reason to leave and he has indicated to the media that any move out of OT is a step down. I reckon Fergie is holding on to him for the following reasons 1)the strikers at his disposal are pretty much untested at the highest level. Chicharito was unbelievable in his debut season and whether he can continue his scoring form remains to be seen. We have to remember that he was dropped from the nationalteam at one point. So his consistency may be in question.2)Owen is injury prone and Fergie has no one else to turn to except that Bulgarian pig if he needs an experience striker on the field. I am sure that old fart will weigh his options, otherwise he would have accepted PSG bid for Berba.
Man U was a good cash cow before the Glazers came. As I have said many moons ago, the Jews would either sell to some sucker or relist the club. They were clever enuff to transfer some of the debt of their holdings onto the club. I dun know whether their listing in Singapore is a good idea.Suffice to say shareholders must find out how much debt they have on their books. When it comes to monetizing debt, the Americans have no equal.
UEFA came up with the half baked financial fair play and already Man City have found a loop hole. I dun think the russian and arab will walk away and write off their investments. They would do what the Glazers hv in mind, ie.seek a public listing and gradually pare down their stakes.
I do not doubt,identifying,grooming and developing young talent or youth development is the most sensible way of mitigating cost increases but let us also not kid ourselves that its not fraught with risk. It has to be a balance process of buying top talent augmented with an in house youth development program. The way Arse have gone about it is total madness.
