Isn’t it just odd that before this came out, the two clubs that were actually chasing Angel Di Maria and David Luiz were Manchester United and Chelsea? I think so. 40 million for Di Maria? Someone who, has had success in the Europa League but, no offense, is rather unproven on the biggest stage?

Is this just a case of United’s rivals signing anyone and everyone that United is interested in bringing in? My opinion says yes. Guaranteed the next transfer target for Man City will be Simon Kjaer, David Villa, Gianluigi Buffon, or Marek Hamsik. If United went out and said “we want these four players” then its inconceivable that Manchester City would up the bid for say Hamsik, from 20 million to 40 million just to beat out United for his signature, even though he doesn’t even fit into the team and style of play of City.

But enough about transfer talk for at least another month. First lets watch who finishes 4th in the league. A place that will more than likely be decided this Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 on ESPN2. Can City’s 200+ million, 2009 summer spending beat the genius of Harry Redknapp? We shall wait and see. After all, it is a match that will decide who will end up where come next fall, with the prize being the champions league and a summer acquisition of some of the world’s best players to spearhead the challenge. Who will prevail?