As Man Utd and Real Madrid get ready to do business over Ronaldo's transfer out of Old Trafford, the two clubs may start bucking horns again real soon. If the reports out of Fleet Street's finest newsrooms are to be believed, it would appear as though both United and Madrid are really keen on signing David Villa and Franck Ribery.
On Madrid's part, after blowing nearly GBP140 million for two attack-minded players, it would only seem natural that Florentino Perez would be out scouting for a few more attacking footballers. It's just his style, man. And to answer a recent commentator on Final Kick, who the hell needs to defenders when you've got the best attacking line-up in the world. Remember, offense is the best form of defense.
Ok, no. I haven't a clue of the kind of team Perez is assembling and I highly doubt Manuel Pellegrini has even the slightest say on Real's transfer policy. Like I mentioned in an earlier blog posting, having Ronaldo, Kaka and Ribery in your team line-up is great on paper but a whole different matter on the field.
As for United, the speculation over Ribery's been going on for sometime now ever since the subject of Ronaldo leaving Manchester was first mooted. David Villa? Well, just about every club wants him.
Now we all know Sir Alex will have plenty to spend once the Ronaldo deal is settled but both Ribery and Villa may be a little ambitious. After all, thanks to the good folks at Madrid, every club is placing the most ridiculous price-tags on their star assets (Ibrahimovic is now worth EURO90 million).
Buying another striker in the form of David Villa makes little sense when you've already got a huge attacking line-up. Assuming Carlos Tevez leaves, United still have Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov. But should Villa come to Old Trafford, which one of the two will have give up his first team place? And is another striker really going to fill up the void that will be left when Ronaldo goes?
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