Hmmm... I honestly didn't expect any kind of business for Utd this window. We would definitely be paying over the odds. The rejection from Chelsea will be reasonably swift, I reckon. There's no way they'd let him go for less than £40M. Still, I think our situation is desperate enough that we should pay it though.

Like BoB says, he's proven in the Premier League. He's not particularly defensive minded which isn't the best. Unless Fletch returns to full fitness, we're also gonna need a holding midfielder as well. Anything to protect our back four which is the worst I've seen for Utd in a number of years. Mata will help the cause but there's too many other areas requiring improvement for it to have a massive effect.

I'm not convinced Chelsea will sell at all.