Saf looking for long term replacement

SAF claims that he will buy only a player in this january and its from scouting, and with the club being widely connected to Nicolas Gaitan, the Benfica midfielder is set to be the subject of a great deal of transfer rumours coming up to the next window.

Ferguson replied ""Not necessarily. I don't know why people keep going on about it." when he was asked weather man utd will buy players or not after these injuries?

After the retirement of scholes united are in need for a playmaker and though Gaitan would cost around £25 million, his wage is more lower than Wesley Sneijder who was linked with manchester united over six months.

The starlet has scored eight goals in 32 appearances for Benfica since moving to the club in the 2010 summer, and he has been rated as having the potential to be a top European talent by numerous pundits and experts, including Ferguson himself.

"Gaitan played with intelligence and showed great individual skill," Ferguson said when Benfica faced United in the Champions League group stages, and the Scot is reportedly stepping up his chase of the 23 year old in the hopes of bringing him to Old Trafford.