Van Persie is ruthlessly clinical inside the penalty area (93 per cent of his league goals came from 18 yards or less last season), Rooney is renowned for spectaculars from outside. Van Persie is strong with both feet, Rooney is effective in the air. Van Persie offers a threat from set-pieces, Rooney is a recognised penalty taker. But this does not automatically mean they will complement each other – how will they be accommodated in Ferguson's system?
Given the nature of the two players' games and the positions they score from, surely Rooney will now have to cede his position at the focal point of the attack and play behind Van Persie?
Though undoubtedly as brilliant as creating chances as converting them, Rooney may not take too kindly to being shifted around again.
Deprived of a full pre-season to gel together, it could be difficult for Van Persie and Rooney to find that magic instantly.
But it is in the centre of midfield where problems remain. In City's 1-0 win over United at Eastlands on the last day of April, Ferguson's five-man midfield was overwhelmed by Roberto Mancini's four. Yaya Toure and Gareth Barry looked embarrassingly superior to Park Ji-Sung and Paul Scholes.
The fact lingers that United have not signed the kind of commanding central midfielder capable of running the show – an enforcer like Toure.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...oney-The-dream-partnership.html#ixzz23j0TMaZ5
Given the nature of the two players' games and the positions they score from, surely Rooney will now have to cede his position at the focal point of the attack and play behind Van Persie?
Though undoubtedly as brilliant as creating chances as converting them, Rooney may not take too kindly to being shifted around again.
Deprived of a full pre-season to gel together, it could be difficult for Van Persie and Rooney to find that magic instantly.
But it is in the centre of midfield where problems remain. In City's 1-0 win over United at Eastlands on the last day of April, Ferguson's five-man midfield was overwhelmed by Roberto Mancini's four. Yaya Toure and Gareth Barry looked embarrassingly superior to Park Ji-Sung and Paul Scholes.
The fact lingers that United have not signed the kind of commanding central midfielder capable of running the show – an enforcer like Toure.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...oney-The-dream-partnership.html#ixzz23j0TMaZ5
