This 100%
Some on here have been talking up this guy as some kind of worldbeater. He's a nice solid player & that's it. If he was as good as some people say, then City would actually have been all over him long ago, as would Chelsea & Arsenal, at that kind of price. They're not, because he isn't that special, he's a nice solid player & nothing more.
I think both he & perhaps Pigsticker could be very good signings for Utd & make them very tough to play against in centre mid. But you can only play 11, & it means an injury prone ageing player & a not particularly inspiring one, taking up two spots. Then their star man, Felaini needs a place. Rooney, four. Two places left for creativity, or they have to start leaving out centre mids . As soon as you take out one of those 3 c mids, then you start asking the question of 'legs' in there. Neither Schneiderlin or Pigfarmer have that.
So far the Utd squad is starting to look more Peter Reid than Pep Guardiola. 'Difficult to beat' but not special. If it works.
I'd rather face Scheiderlin than Van Persie any day of the week.