text: who in your opinion is man utd's dead cert to be signed in the summer? there is alot of speculation out there, and i'm very interested in what other fans have to say on the summer transfer speculation and not the tabloids for a change.   there's strong rumour of mattieu bodmer from lille and a slight possiblilty of michael ballack and mahamadou diarra to name a few. seems like chelsea will snap up most of our scouted players, stealing them beneath united's feet. also there is real madrid rumoured to do their usual pre - season snap up of gunning every top player in the world and have bid for liverpool's steven gerard.   in my opinion, some big names are going to be shipped between teams this summer. it's also my opinion that united need a huge name to sign with them to give the team a boost to carry them through next season if they are to keep up with chelsea's pace and arsenal's european conquistadors.   opinions please! rooney was saying how much he admires riquelme and wants him to come to ot. plus fergie has been to watch him play, villereal are rumoured to be ok to release him and riquelme has said that he admires united's players - so i think he will come. he will be a great creative playmaking addition, but united still need a defensive midfielder, so they might go for duscher. i think diarra is off the list now though thanks to their greedy owner saying he will be more expensive than (the overpriced) essien. essien cost 24 million - i don't think united can pay that much.