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I don't think you could buy Wilshere right now. I don't even think there's a price for players of that quality. And unless Arsenal went on a rapid decline either at board room level or on the pitch, then he'll be going nowhere for a very long time.
Arguably the same could be said of Carroll and Smalling. I don't think any team will bid for Rodwell this summer, because at the moment he's only worth around £10m. And we wouldn't flog him for that no matter how skint we are. Secondly i don't think any top team has a real problem area in the middle of the pitch.
Chelsea have Essien, Mikel, Lampard and Ramires. United have Scholes, Anderson, Gibson, Carrick and Fletcher. City have De Jong, Barry, Toure, Vieira and Milner. Arsenal have Wilshere, Diaby, Song, Ramsey and Fabregas.
Now Rodwell is good but i don't think for a minute United have seen enough from him to pay £20-30m for him when they don't really need him, they've not exactly got money to burn, and he isn't deemed good enough to break into a much weaker Everton midfield.
Chelsea won't bother with him. Neither will city.
But united have carrick, fletcher, scholes all 30+. Gibson isn't up there talent wise, even united fans think that. All that's left is Anderson who is getting better.
They do need the central midfield freshening up. They get rodwell it's building for the future.