Fergie on Rooney, Hernandez and Sneijder

Interesting interview on the Telegraph today...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/8645703/Manchester-United-continue-pursuit-of-Wesley-Sneijder-as-Sir-Alex-Ferguson-rules-out-new-role-for-Wayne-Rooney.html

On Rooney replacing Scholes:

Ferguson said Scholes was being “very generous" in saying Rooney can fill his role. “He is underestimating himself and the value he had to us. Wayne could play centre midfield, but not the way that Scholesy played it. They are too different. “The way that Wayne would play as opposed to Scholesy is that he would be more dynamic and all over the place, using his energy to run everywhere and challenge, hit those cross-field passes that he is terrific at. “But Scholes was more calculated and he always had that control about him, controlling the speed and pace of a game, which is pretty difficult to do. He was an absolute one-off. “You can’t replace players like that. You hope you can find something approaching it, but you will never replace Paul Scholes."

On Sneijder/any old midfielder:

Ferguson refused to discuss the possibility of prising Sneijder from Inter. “There is nothing on the horizon with that, so we just carry on with the players that we have," he said. “Everybody is searching for the special player who makes the difference to his team, but we have more-than-capable midfield players, so we will carry on."

On Hernandez:

“He [Hernandez] is not going to change from what he is. He is as good a player I have ever dealt with in the penalty box, in terms of movement, space and decision making. He is brilliant with those qualities. “He might even improve on that next year, but where he does need to improve is the technical bit. He is doing that all the time, though."

He does not seem to view the pair as his definitive partnership:
“I don’t see that as a partnership," Ferguson said. “Wayne could probably do it with anybody.

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I agree with Fergire RE: Rooney. Much more devastating in the final third than in the middle third.

As for our strikers, we have depth but I wonder if we could say there is genuine quality there. 2 unknown quantities in Welbeck and Macheda, a has-been in Owen and Berbatov's issues are well documented. Rooney remains a class act when fit, and whilst Hernandez remains an excellent goal scorer I am glad the staff at OT have recognised his issues as a player and are working on it.

The search for a midfielder is ongoing it would seem....