Stephen Ireland may not make 25 man squad

Oh i forgot, and pay him a really jaw dropping salary.

best central midfielder they have, hands down. Mancini loves a destroyer in there

8 of the 25 have to be "home-grown" so I think he would count as one of them.

If Ireland goes and Vieira stays, then Mancini should go

You need players who have come through from the youth ranks, they are the heartblood of the club

bigH. My thoughts exactly. If he forsakes Ireland to keep Viera, when they have De Jong, Toure and Barry, he must be a complete loon.

I think Stephen Ireland is a top player, United could do with him pulling the strings.

Ireland barely got a kick last season with the influx of new players can't see him still being around come september.

happy to swap ireland and £24m for milner.

also, happy to swap new zealand and £30m for ashley young.

Cover both countries in luxury housing estates, flog them to rich russians and arabs, and use the income to buy barcelona and inter milan, using both as feeders to the villa first team.

any left over cash can be used to buy back milner and young, and the remainder to be donated to acorns.

also build artificial islands around both countries in various shapes, such as lions, villians, acorns, paul mcgrath, and a matching pair of very long islands named after dion dublin and leonard rossiter.

tony butler to cut the ribbon opening the first island, to the "them to an unmade silent movie".

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