Silvestre Leaves For Arsenal

That's right, Silves has signed for Arsenal. It comes as abit of a surprise to me since the tops clubs usually do no sell to domestic rivals, unless you're Spurs....and even they have started to regard themselves as a top club.

I'm surprised Fergie let Silves go to another rival, especially one with as bad a history as Wenger. He must either think very little of Silves or very little of the current Arsenal squad. One thing's for sure, the majority of the United fans must be cheering wildly.

As for me, I'd just like to thank Silvestre for 9 years of good, honest work done in a red jersey, although it doesn't always bring back good memories.

Silvestre's Out For The Season

Ouch! Silves suffered a cruciate ligament and is ruled out for the rest of this season. This is awful news for already left back-challenged Manchester United.

The position currently rests entirely on the dodgy shoulders of Evra. He's the only recognizable left back left at the club. With the next transfer window only available in January, it looks like we might have to rely on some really inexperienced players (Johnny Evans or Phil Bardsley), something I'm not entirely comfortable with. This compounds the fact that I'm already not comfortable with Evra playing in that position.

At least on the bright side of things, despite playing like crap, we've somehow managed to claw our way back to within touching distance of the top teams. Chelsea and Arsenal don't scare me one bit. Come the African Nations Cup, both teams would be severely depleted with key absentees. Liverpool, in my opinion is the strongest challenge to the title, with the strongest squad. In fact last season, they possibly had the strongest squad. However, as long as Benitez continues to handicap his team by NOT playing the strongest 11, the window is always open.

All that needs to happen now is for Ferguson to stop being stubborn and start Saha as our focal point of attack.