Sneijder could become a luxury player like Veron and would take a position that would unbalance the team , i.e. It would mean one less forward or one less central midfielder.
If Ferguson elects a 4-3-3, his problems is the wide men in the 3 attackers are wingers not forwards like Inter Milan play (Eto'o, Pandev, etc.) so will not get into the box as much to support Rooney. It works well for Chelsea as they have Lampard always getting into the box to support, but Sneijder does not do this. He plays in the space between te centre circle and the 18 yard box.
If Ferguson plays 4-5-1 currently he has Park busting a gut to support Rooney. With Sneijder he would have zero players getting into the box with him. A bit like when United played Veron.
This problem can also be seen at Spurs where the introduction of Rafa Van Der Vaart seriously disturbed the balance of that team. Afterall, they had four international strikers (not including Van Der Vart) and a creative midfield of Modric, Bale and Lennon and yet the strikers could not score. It says to me that Vanv Der Vart unbalanced the team by reducing the actual amount of targets the creative players had to find.
The only attacking midfielder that has played that role well was Steven Gerrard and I think that was mainly due to his athleticism at bursting into the box ( something both VdV and Sneijder do not have), Torres needing two markers and having Xabi Alonso and Mascherano behind providing the defensive shield. (Do Carrick, Giggs and Anderson really do that?).
Ferguson has always played wingers so If he plays 4-4-2 (his preferred formation) then Sneijder will be the attacking central midfield. United do not have a Roy Keane to fill the space produced, so United may get overrun against teams playing 4-5-1 as Sneijder does not do defence.
However, Sneijder may be a success. He could sit in Scholes role, pinging balls through to Hernandez. One cannot question his CV for sure, with the likes of Real Madrid, Inter Milan lined up,and participated in a world cup final and european cup final he sure has the big game experience.
This is all assuming a certain Massimo Moratti at Inter Milan agrees a fee with Manchester United.
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