If no Rooney deal, who is Plan B and C? Eto'o, Suarez, Lewandowski?

With two weeks until the end of the summer transfer window and with a third official bid for Rooney rumoured to be on the cards in the coming days, it seems that Jose Mourinho has confirmed that alternative options are now being considered if United stand firm and refuse to sell. The question I ask in response to that is ‘Who are those alternatives?”

Let’s start by looking at what Jose actually said this afternoon in his pre match press conference ahead of Aston Villa tomorrow night:

“We trust a lot in our project for the future because the team is very, very young, But we have conditions to try and improve our team by bringing in one more player and we are going to try that until the end.

When you think that you’d like to have one player and the market is open, then official bids are not forbidden. Official bids are always accepted in an ethical way.

You try because nobody forbids you to try and, of course, the player’s owners can do exactly what we did in relation to David Luiz and Barcelona.

We have a plan B and a plan C! Don’t ask me names, because it’s difficult to speak about players from other clubs.”

(Source: Skysports)

So, let’s have a look a three possible players that Jose Mourinho could turn to if our approaches for Rooney continue to be rebuffed! One thing to consider is why I personally believe Jose wants Rooney and it’s worth checking out my post here. I see Rooney playing the same role Eidur Gudjohnsen did back in 2004/2005 for Jose.

Would any of these alternative options provide Jose with the same?

1. Samuel Eto’o

Eto’o, as we all know, was world class back in the day and has worked for Jose at Inter Milan. At 32, and on a ridiculous amount of money, any deal wouldn’t be cheap and you have to immediately call to question his age and whether or not any offer for Eto’o would be worth it.

Eto’o is a different player to those we have up front already. Lukaku is know for his strength, Torres for his all round ability and Demba Ba, well I’m still not 100% certain he is a Chelsea player.

Eto’o is lightening quick and provides our midfield with a very realistic option over the top of the defence, as he proved against us at Stamford Bridge.

A proven goal scorer on the highest level and someone who has previously played for Mourinho, Eto’o has already been talking up a move to Chelsea this week. Is he being realistic?