Chelsea's Deco: Too much expectation on Nani at Man Utd

Nani has had every opportunity in the world to establish himself in the United team but simply hasn't come along in the way every one expected him to. In fact, he looks to have progressed very little in the three years he's been at United, unlike Ronaldo, who came along in leaps and bounds year by year.

Nani's problem seems to lie between his ears, because he has all the skill in the world, more than enough to be one of the modern day greats. But unfortunately he doesn't seem to have much nous when it comes to applying his talents well, and in three years he only improved marginally, if at all, when it comes to making choices between taking on the defense, passing, or taking a long range shot - the latter of which he fell in love with of his spectacular early success against Tottenham. He's one of the most frustrating players I've watched don the United uniform, as he's so capable of doing wonderful things, yet inevitably throws it all away with is poor decision making.

Obertan on the other hand, with so little experience behind him, already looks like a very gifted and unusually mature player who knows exactly what's required on the left wing. Nani's days are therefore numbered, and the only thing holding his sale back is the fact that United will want to take as small a loss as possible from the transaction. I may be cynical, but I sometimes wonder if the reason he's seen a fair bit of playing time of late is to try and push up the asking price.