Carlito must go to ManU

From an Argentine point of view, I rather see Tevez transfered to manU. Not because manU is a stronger team (I like manU no more than WHU), rather that Alex Ferguson is offering Carlito an opportunity to be in his experimental forward system without a traditional #9.

One of the worries of Argentine fans is the lack of potential #9 players. Tevez and Messi are both short and play wide forwards. They'll be competing against each other to pair up with Crespo for some time, and once Crespo retires, there will likely be a "not so good but tall and physical enough" player to fill his role (Diego Milito and Julio Ricardo Cruz were the failed attempts).

Unless, of course, if there's a way to play without a #9. Then Argentina could start her best forwards regardless of their heights. If Alex Ferguson could find a way to make the Rooney-Tevez duo work, it could also set an example for future Argentine NT.


In Copa America, when Diego Milito turned out an unsatisfying replacement for Crespo, Basile tried to make the Tevez-Messi duo work. His tactics achieved limited success but didn't work out in the end. Even though the main offensive problem in the final was our playmaker (Roman) getting contained, Messi and Tevez unable to gain anything in the air contributed to us getting shutdown never the less.

If Tevez stay at WHU, he'll keep playing wide forward supporting a traditional target person (Zamora or whoever they're getting). Then in the NT, he'll likely stay behind Messi and deal with competition from Saviola and Aguero... If Alex Ferguson could find a efficient way to play only short forwards, then Argentina developing a similar system shouldn't be impossible, and we'll have a very sufficient supply of excellent forwards.