{"id":14286,"date":"2011-12-15T14:13:31","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T14:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/from-javi-martinez-to-wesley-sneijder-the-stars-who-sir-alex-ferguson-could-turn-to-in-january-to-solve-manchester-uniteds-midfield-crisis\/"},"modified":"2011-12-15T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T14:13:31","slug":"from-javi-martinez-to-wesley-sneijder-the-stars-who-sir-alex-ferguson-could-turn-to-in-january-to-solve-manchester-uniteds-midfield-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/from-javi-martinez-to-wesley-sneijder-the-stars-who-sir-alex-ferguson-could-turn-to-in-january-to-solve-manchester-uniteds-midfield-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"From Javi Martinez to Wesley Sneijder – the stars who Sir Alex Ferguson could turn to in January to solve Manchester United’s midfield crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goal<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Eliminated from the Champions League, the club’s captain out for the rest of the season and a midfield obliterated by injury and illness. Struggling yet, Sir Alex?<\/p>\n

The Manchester United manager may have kept a brave face throughout a campaign that has been more than a little trying thus far, and by describing the upcoming January transfer window as “very difficult”, the Scot is approaching yet another mid-season point with a Red Devil-may-care attitude to potential arrivals. Circumstance, however, may force the 69-year-old to change his ways.<\/p>\n

The crushing news of Darren Fletcher’s forthcoming long-term break from the game will have no doubt been factored into his manager’s plans long before its announcement this week, but for fearful fans the blow is still fresh, and with Tom Cleverley and Anderson currently sidelined, as well as Nemanja Vidic’s season-ending injury likely to require Phil Jones to move into a more fixed defensive role, United’s weakest area is looking at its most anaemic for a long time.<\/p>\n

Funds, Sir Alex insists, are available when required but a winter of barely getting by will do little to quell the anxiety of United fans who are concerned over the Glazers’ ability to capture a decisive, world-class signing. Few can argue that the Premier League champions are lacking in central midfield and their manager, the master of regeneration, is rightly hesitant in utilising younger alternatives such as Paul Pogba.<\/p>\n

As such, Sir Alex may just be tempted to reverse on his own logic and go shopping in the January sales. Goal.com’s experts have listed five players who could be exactly what’s required at Old Trafford.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Goal : \u00a0\u00a0 Eliminated from the Champions League, the club’s captain out for the rest of the season and a midfield obliterated by injury and illness. Struggling yet, Sir Alex? 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