The thing I'm reluctant on Alves on is the price. 30m euros for a wingback is silly money.
We don't have a lot of options for the new RB tho. Lahm was second choice but Klinsmann has apparently convinced him to stay after promising him a big part in the Bayern team for next season. We've also been linked with Willy Sagnol but I'm not too sure if he's going to be better than Zambrotta. I haven't seen much of Rafinha but recently in the Schalke games vs Barca he wasn't very good but he's probably our no.2 alternative to Alves and all the other decent RB's seem to be tied to their team like Maicon to Inter or have agreed moves like Heitinga to Atletico.
If anyone can scout us a cheap and decent Right Back then that would be great
