Seems to me that the rivals system in FM11 is a little 'over-coded' and that it's utterly impossible to sign a player from your rivals? IF so it's a real miss, I would love to steal Wayne Rooney from United (I'm playing as Man City and have won everything the last four seasons, and I mean everything!).
Also they have an absolutely incredible re-gen that I simply must have, he's even playing for me in the World Cup:
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