The signing of [Luke] Shaw was the one we tried to get when he was 16 years of age. They [Southampton] wouldn’t sell him to us but they always said we’d be first to know if they ever did. Of course, Ed Woodward carried that through and got him, I think for £30million. He’s a talented boy, a good footballer who likes to get forward all the time. [Ander] Herrera played against us three years ago for [Athletic Club] Bilbao in the Europa League. In fairness, they gave us a right battering at Old Trafford. He’s a talented young player and we scouted him quite a lot at that time. Obviously they tried to get him last year but it fell through for some reason or another. He’s athletic, quite aggressive actually for a lad who has not a got a great frame as he’s quite slim but he gets around the pitch. Rojo, the Argentinian boy, I watched him at the World Cup, I thought he did really well for them and I think hes capable of playing either left side as a wing-back if you like or as a centre-back. Daley Blind is one of those common-sense footballers who make up a team. He’s probably a version of Darren Fletcher of a few years ago, that type of player. He’s a good professional with common sense to his game. He keeps it simple and protects the defenders and the attacking midfielders in his role. The big one is Falcao who we’re all waiting to see. Obviously, he has fantastic goalscoring ability. He had his injury so getting him on loan is the right thing to do. - Sir Alex Ferguson
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:27:54 +0000
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