i agree that Macheda is one of the brightest star in the world and he has tons of potential. However, look at the big picture, if we are going to buy a new striker to partner Rooney and Berbatov stay at the club. we will have at least 4 first team strikers (Rooney, New, Berbatov, and Owen) we also have Diouf and Hernedez who will join us in July. therefore Macheda may not have enough minutes to blossom. Also, Van der sar is 40 this year, Man utd really needs a GK. Buffon is 33 but he is still a world class GK. Gk usually plays until 38. so if we can get 5 years from Buffon, i think it is still a good business because it addresses our needs. Then we can think of our GK problem 4-5 years later. |