sturridge barely broke man citys frankly average (apart from robinho) strike force last season. and all hes done is swap sitting in the reserves in manchester for sitting in the reserves in london, the kid obviously fancied a change of scenery (londons party scene) and a shedload of money, not first team football. (city refused to offer him much more than he was already on as he is unproven) if he wanbted to prove himslef then he owuld ahve gone to villa or somehwere like that, where he would be much more likely to be involved in first team affairs.
gabby obertan looks a good prospect, but has little experience of first team footy.
for me its james mccarthy, one of the spl's most consistent performers last year, at the age of 17/18. he will be involved in wigans midfield this season and will take a few people by surprise, im sure.
douglas costa to united if it happens will be the best transfer. the lad is gonna be huge