The Right Moves?

Manchester United

Wayne Rooney (Everton, £20,000,000); Guiseppe Rossi (Parma, undisclosed); Gerard Pique (Barcelona, undisclosed), Liam Miller (Glasgow Celtic, free), Alan Smith (Leeds United, £7m); Gabriel Heinze (Paris SG, £6.9m).

United signed Rooney with an eye on the future and the present. In recent times, United's standing as the best club in England has been threatened by the success of Arsenal and Chelsea so much so that even the lesser teams feel they have a chance.

But the arrival of Rooney and the spectacular start by Alan Smith promises to change that. Sir Alex Ferguson will be hoping that Argentinian defender defender Gabriel Heinze is the vital link he needed at the back.