Man Utd decide on Everton defender Rodwell as ideal signing

Manchester United are expected to push for Everton youngster Jack Rodwell over the next six months.

The Times says Rodwell is being lined up at United as a replacement for Nemanja Vidic, who is likely to move to Spain at the end of the season.

Rodwell, the Everton utility player, has been identified by United as a star of the future. Rodwell, 18, is being used primarily as a holding midfield player, but some view him as a central defender in the longer term.

Everton, though, will fight tooth and nail to keep the player, who signed a new five-year contract only in February and is not thought to be in any rush to leave Goodison Park.

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@ Shanks. Why don't you go and look at the reserve and academy lists at United, then get back to us about the English talent coming through and who's best set up for the future.

For a Liverpool supporter to criticize United's supposed dearth of English talent is so laughable it's ridiculous. Your dopey manager's predilection for stacking Liverpool sides with continental players is so rampant that Gerrard is virtually the only player of note who one could deem to be a world class talent - when he's not diving, pulling defenders down in search of penalties, or cheating in every other way imaginable. In fact, if the proposed import rule were brought in tomorrow Liverpool would be one of the team's most severely affected - followed closely by Chelsea. United on the other hand, with the likes of Brown, Ferdinand, Rooney, Hargreaves, Foster, Owen, Carrick, Scholes, and Wellbeck, together with youngsters such as Cleverly, James, Norwood, Brandy, Drinkwater and of course Morrison coming through so impressively at junior level, could not only easily fill the proposed criteria tomorrow if need be, but could virtually field an entire first eleven comprised solely of English players - and quality players at that.

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we got rooney from everton an he aint a bad player..............