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19 March 2024

Latest Man Utd transfer news: di Maria, Vidal, Cuadrado for Van Gaal dream team

Angel di Maria of Real Madrid celebrates with Alvaro Morata after scoring Real's second goal during the La Liga match against Atletico de Madrid at estadio Vincente Calderon on April 27, 2013 in Madrid, Spain. (GETTY)

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By Football Correspondent

The feeling around Manchester - the red half of the city – is that the best signing of the season has already been made – Louis Van Gaal.

After all, Liverpool and Real Madrid have both been beaten.

With seven days to go kick-off in the new season, and what the Stretford End is hoping will be a new era, Van Gaal is certainly not done with the new signings.

Repeated explanations of how the current squad is unbalanced and the Red Devil’s open pursuit of players in the current transfer window are now narrowing down to a few choice candidates.

The mid-field and defence is where these are going to come for sure. With the English media all but confirming that Arsenal’s captain Thomas Vermaelen will not be going to Manchester and will head to Barcelona instead, Holland’s Daley Blind looks the likely candidate to come in to shore up the defence.

But it is the United mid-field where all the action is.

Angel di Maria

PSG had earlier announced that they were no longer in the running for the Argentinian, Real Madrid and ex-Benfica man's signature, with price being an issue.

However, The Express

now reports that United have made a last push for Di Maria with a £55 million bid.

Song about Arturo Vidal?

Chile’s Arturo Vidal is the ‘original’ Man United target for their midfield enforcer role – one that Louis Van Gaal seems certain he needs (hence the name Nigel De Jong keeps cropping up).

However, Vidal’s knees have been cited as the problem and indications are that it all depends on the Juventus star’s medical now.

Express Sport 9https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/497130/Man-Utd-to-snap-up-former-Arsenal-star-if-Arturo-Vidal-deal-collapses)

now reports that United are hopeful of completing a £40million move for Vidal and that Juventus want the deal done in a week.

The Express rumour mill grinds out the story that if Van Gaal cannot nail Vidal, Alex Song, now of Barcelona formerly of Arsenal is being lined up as well.

Juan Cuadrado

United will look to seal the £25million signing of Columbian Juan Cuadrado from Fiorentina by the end of the weekend, The Daily Mail reports.