No need for a Galactico era at Old Trafford

Real Madrid's Galactico policy has been somewhat of a failure

With Man City having begun their annual spending spree, a section of our fans appear to have gone into over drive.

The clamour for big name and big money signings has increased and the World Cup has made this worse as the fans are desperate for us to regain our title but is it realistic or even necessary at Old Trafford?

I’m not a hypocrite and I am well aware we have a guy that writes for this site called ‘The Transfer Muppet’ who loves all the gossip and seeing us linked with players etc but if we go out and buy half of the world’s professional footballers like certain clubs look to do and some fans would like, I personally can’t see how it benefits us.

Looking at our side if we are honest we don’t need to go on a spending spree. The definite 1 position that we have a vacancy for is a creative midfielder and perhaps a back up striker (even that isn’t definite as we are yet to see how Javier Hernandez deals with the Premier League). Many talk about a new goalkeeper to replace van der Sar but realistically which top level goalkeeper will come and sit on the bench for a season until VDS retires?

We are well equipped all over the field, looking at midfield for example we have Anderson and Michael Carrick who underperformed last season, Owen Hargreaves who missed last season with injury and Darron Gibson and Gabriel Obertan who were finding their feet. It would only take half of these mentioned players to perform to be in a better position than we were last season.

I’ve even said before about using Bayern Munich’s model of mixing youth with already established players plus a big signing here or there. I think this would be more satisfying and would be in line with the club’s usual method of cultivating our own talent.

I’m not here trying to be holier than thou, I’m just like you and would love to see a signing or two but only those we need. We aren’t Real Madrid or Man City (thank God!) throwing cash at any club with a decent player but not actually addressing our problems. There is no place for wasted money especially with our current financial situation. If we can still succeed with this shrewd business plan it will show those fans who think the game of football operates like “Football Manager” as well as clubs like Real Madrid and Man City that you can find success without buying a whole new team.