Related: Real Madrid 7-3 Getafe | La Liga match report There are certainly enough options to make a reasonable argument that United's more glaring issue this summer will not theoretically be replacing De Gea but planning for the other end of the pitch and how to compensate for the fact that all three of their main strikers are, to varying degrees, on the wane.
In America, male body shapes will wax and wane – over a period of half a decade, they might go from the "jock" to something skinny and then creep back to the current vogue, the "swimmer's" body – that is, not such a meathead that you could beat anybody up, but not so lanky that you look pubescent.
Thankfully, the "we know best" culture is continuing to wane, but it's still not unusual for adults to be afraid of listening to children's views.
And don't believe that the power of the press is on the wane.
It warns, however, that public support may wane if cities don't get credit for such investments.
Everyone loves a list – but does the appeal wane when you know what's going to be on it?
Eoin Morgan was already on the wane in 2012 but still had that air of unclouded, short-form brio.
So much for the suggestion that the appeal of Test matches is on the wane.
As the active sources of winter fatigue wane in severity (eg chapped lips, static shock, the seasonal grief experienced by natural hair), new, less menacing threats enter the realm of mild irritation.
The decline of industry also affected the influence of Protestant trade unionists within communities: skilled and semi-skilled workers saw their ability to act as civilising influences in their areas wane as the vigilantes formed into paramilitaries in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
But not so fast, according to Microsoft: Like much of America, the Xbox Live audience deemed Romney the winner of the first debate, and Microsoft's data is now showing that Obama's once steady lead amongst the Xbox Live community has started to wane.
