Was There Opera Music Playing in the Background Too?

It would appear that Sir Alex Ferguson has his Michael Corleone moment late on Wednesday. He's already spent a small fortune on Owen Hargreaves, who will be a nice addition, and now he has pulled the trigger not only on the rumored Nani but also on Brazilian attacking midfielder Anderson. With a striker still likely to come, you have to think that Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool are all a little frightened at the hill they'll have to climb next season to unseat ManYoo for the title.

So, a few questions...

1) How do Hargreaves and Carrick (last year's extremely expensive central midfield purchase) co-exist in the same alignment? They aren't the same player by any stretch of the imagination but they tend to play in the same space - in front of the defence in a midfield diamond.

2) How quickly will Anderson displace the aging Paul Scholes? Of course even if Scholes is the preferred starter we know Anderson will get at least four or five starts when Scholes is suspended for silly fouls that the average grade schooler would find embarassing.

3) Same question for Nani and Ryan Giggs. How quickly does Nani claim the mantle of starting winger? I can't imagine a better reserve midfielder than Giggs who could come in for any of Ronaldo, Nani, or Scholes/Anderson and provide a spark in the last 30 minutes plus the occasional spot start.

4) Finally, who will be walking through the door as Wayne Rooney's primary strike partner? and when will it happen? With Saha and Heinze still to be sold (and the possibility of off-loading a few more assets like Phil Bardsley and Keiron Richardson - don't laugh, he's still under 21 and there will be someone who takes a chance on him based on his ManYoo pedigree for a couple million).

I have to admit that both 2 & 3 are the sort of problems that any manager would be happy to be sorting through.

Be afraid non-Devils supporters, be very afraid.