Well, if you read the Philly paper quotes in the otehr trhead, you would know tehre's a possibility that the trade can happen. Also we can still do the Wells for Loretta/Otsuka trade, which would give us maybe the best lineup in the Majors if we re-sign Damon.
Also Manny wouldn't veto it because he already confirmed he would accept any deal out of Boston. IMO Abreu and Burrell is much better than Soriano, this way we have a solidifed OF that doesn't include Nixon, who gets injured every other week and we have 2 more power threats.
1) Damon
2) Renteria
3) Ortiz
4) Abreu
5) Burrell
6) Lowell
7) Varitek
8) Loretta
9) Youkilis
Also I agree, if we made the Wells trade we would have our bullpen set up for next year and almost have a log jam there. Foulke, Mota, Timlin, Otsuka, Hansen, Delcarmen is all around solid and almost leaves no space for a long reliever.