Rafa on the ManU squad today...
"If you analyse the squad they have, they have four strikers and two players in each position that could play for any team. They have a strong squad and even when they make changes they keep the quality," said the Spaniard.
"In attack, they have Chicharito, [Danny] Welbeck, [Wayne] Rooney and [Robin] Van Persie, and they can play any of them.
"If you look at the players they have in wide areas and in the middle, especially if they are winning, in the last 20 minutes they still have players like [Ryan] Giggs and [Paul] Scholes to bring on."
That΄s the most important reason for their ability to stay within top two/three while playing CL every season for such a long time. We could see how much of a difference Sturridge and Coutinho made for our play as well as others. But what if you got only ONE player from this quality around? As a consequence, the performance will suffer..