If Chelsea get Shaw, but we sign Coentrao in the summer on a pre-contract agreement now, that would be brilliant, I don't think we need a LB in January, in the summer we definitely will. For me, we still need that one player in midfield as an urgent, possibly even a winger depending on Nani's situation, but the way I see it we have a spine of a good team, we just need to make a few adjustments
GK - DDG will keep this safe while he's with us, so not an issue, so LOW priority.
RB - If Rafael stays, we will need a back up, not a big issue, so LOW.
CB - Vidic, Ferdinand, Evans, Smalling, Jones. Unless we loose both Ferdinand and Vidic in the summer, I don't think a replacement's needed, a few more games at CB would be lovely for Jones and we would be left with one of Ferd/Vidic & Evans for experience with Jones and smalling, so not much of an issue, so LOW.
LB - Evra currently is a weak link in our team but at the same time, I've seen plenty of performances from wingers this season that suggest it's an equally measured worry. He's here until the summer at least, I think this is the first position that has a need, I would still refer to it as MEDIUM.
Wingers - Valencia, Young, Nani, Janujaz - Only one top player and he's young, I don't buy the "don't burn him out", players peak at different ages, his time is now and Nani if played for a good run I believe will cement his place, so with two average PL wingers in Valencia/Young we have adequate backups, but the fact a lot of our attacking play goes through the wings, there is a need to improve. MEDIUM again.
Centre Mid - Carrick, Fletcher, Cleverley, Fellaini - Other than Carrick, we lack a true quality midfielder, Fletcher is a welcome timely return but he's essentially very similar to Carrick, and both are fairly static, which in today's game, there isn't place for 2 of these CM's in a 2 man midfield. Cleverley will never be more than a squad player, and Fellaini is a wild card. HIGH priority IMO.
Attacking Mid - Kagawa, Rooney - Possibly some of the best AM's on the planet when on form, I can't see how people say we need more creativity, what we need is a base from which the creative players can gain confidence in their team mates again and start to attempt more creative plays, for me this is a LOW prioirty.
Strikers - RVP, Hernandez, Welbeck - This is quite clearly a low priorty, no explanation needed, no other club in football can match our 4 strikers in my opinion, unless anyone leaves, LOW priority.
On that basis, I'd rank it Centre Mid, follow by Wingers and LB, so when we are linked to players like Lucas Moura etc I do worry..
when he didn't sign for us