World Transfer Rumours: Wesley Sneijder or Samri Nasri to Replace Paul Scholes?

With the summer signings of David De Gea, Phil Jones and Ashley Young, Manchester United have been one of Europe’s busiest clubs. Whatever your thoughts on those players’ merits, their key addition of the close season - a replacement for Paul Scholes – is proving somewhat more elusive. Over the past six months frenzied speculation about the main target has switched between three candidates, namely Arsenal’s Samir Nasri, Inter Milan’s Wesley Sneijder and Tottenham Hotspurs' Luka Modric.

With Spurs’ becoming increasingly resolute about holding onto their classy Croat, it now looks like a straight choice between Nasri and Sneijder.

So which of these targets has the right attributes to replace a player widely regarded as the most gifted English player of the last 15 years? The optimistic vacancy reads “Wanted: creative midfielder-cum play-maker. Must be blessed with sublime vision, peerless technique, a full range of passing and a rigorous work ethic. Goals galore - vicious drives from distance, perfectly executed volleys, neat headers, exquisitely chips - absolutely essential.”

Would either of these players be capable of scaling such peaks of footballing perfection? Let’s take a closer look at the favourites to take Scholes' place in the English Champions’ midfield...

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