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Originally Posted by Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber
To lead the line at United strength and physical presence is required. It is key to our style. Villa lacks that. His other attributes will never compensate for lack of that. Ever. Thus he can't cut it for us. If we signed him he would have to play behind Rooney. And frankly both Tevez and Rooney are miles better link men than him. Villa is an excellent player. But he just isn't what we need. Sadly.
Someone who holds up the ball and brings others into play like a class playmaker will always be much more valuable to us than a pace merchant with out physical presence. . Ruud was sold only because when his decent pace started to fade he was very one dimensional. Berbatov is as slow yet has the playmaking ability of a Riquelme. No defence would survive us with him conducting the runs of Rooney, Ronaldo and Tevez/Nani. No matter how high they played.
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I understand what you're saying & yes, Berbatov would be good at holding the ball up & playing in others, but he often takes up the same positions as Rooney does. I'd rather have a fast striker leading the line who naturally plays on the shoulder of the last defender, pulling the opposing defence back & opening up more space in front of them.
I just think Villa compliments the playing styles of the players we already have more than Berbatov would.