da poker： Well, there we have it, Bastian Schweinsteiger is officially a Manchester United player.
da prosport bet： The German international’s move broke over the weekend as fee was agreed with Bayern Munich, and three to four years ago such a swoop would have been a real coup for the Red Devils. However, it doesn’t actually seem like such a great deal right now.
Of course the German has some fantastic qualities – he is hugely experienced and is a strong centre midfielder with winning mentality – yet there appears to be far too many negatives to this deal, the biggest one being is now in his 30s and is past his best.
At his very peak he could absolutely dominate the midfield, stamp his authority all over it and control the match, and while he is still capable, he is not once the player he was.
At 30-years-old, Schweinsteiger is past his peak now and it is fair to say that the signing of the German is not exactly a move for the future – he can give, perhaps, two seasons of quality to Louis van Gaal’s squad and then he will probably be pushed down the pecking order.
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher cast his doubts on the signing of Schweinsteiger, too, by adding on social media “Great player but at BM (Bayern Munich) he found it difficult to play alongside (Xabi) Alonso be interesting to see how he & (Michael) Carrick works.”
He then later joked that the Bayern man is “past his best”. ‘Carra’ was jesting maybe, but I think his comments are far less of a joke than the Sky Sports pundit has made out.
The reason for this is that it is a vitally important position in the team United are trying to fill with the signing of the Bayern man. The difference Michael Carrick made when playing in front of the defence last season was monumental – the win percentage with Carrick compared to without was quite sizeable. However Carrick with his injury record is simply not capable of completing a full campaign of Premier League football injury free, he can’t be relied upon.
The German does indeed look far more like a stop-gap of a signing rather than the signing that United desperately need, especially with Morgan Schneiderlin having also been sealed as a more long-term option.
The signing of the German does look like a rushed bit of business rather than what is really needed, and it smacks of desperation as Schneiderlin is the man to build around, not Schweinsteiger. It looks like the sort of signing of a marquee name for the sake of it, perhaps to please the fans in the short-term.
However, it is the long-term that is most important and the signing of Schweinsteiger is not for the future.