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‏@ManUtd Our new no.7, Angel Di Maria. #WelcomeDiMaria

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Van Gaal on Di Maria: "He's a class player... but we cannot expect he is the miracle after two days' training."

More from Van Gaal: "He can accelerate our play and he fits in our philosophy."

Van Gaal: "At Madrid he played not only as a winger but also in midfield. That's also a reason why we're convinved he shall succeed."

Di Maria: "I'm very pleased to play for #mufc. I want to hep the team get into the Champions League."

More: "I've come to #mufc to help the team raise their game and become an important team once again. I want to win many trophies with them."

Van Gaal on rebuilding #mufc. "It takes time & I'm sorry to say that for the fans... they are amazing. I hope we shall fulfil expectations."

Di Maria on his preferred position: "It depends on the manager, where he wants me to play. I have come here to work for the team."

Di Maria on wearing no.7: "@Cristiano spoke to me at Madrid and explained how important it is. I hope I can live up to it." #WelcomeDiMaria

Van Gaal believes Di Maria can excite fans, but "maybe not in his first matches... he has to adapt to the team & the team to him."

Van Gaal confirms he expects more transfer activity: "The club will [announce] when the time's there. Players will leave, others will come."

Van Gaal confirms Herrera remains injured & Rojo is still waiting on his work permit. "We have 10 injuries... one more than last week."

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Welcome to Old Trafford, Angel. #WelcomeDiMaria

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Youtube video

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Thank you Cristiano for helping Di Maria to come to Old Trafford..........................That man still loves us

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Aston Villa have had a £8 million bid accepted for Tom Cleverley apparently. I wish him well if true, he needs a change and the pressure at Utd is too much.

I hope this means that we have targets ready!

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Originally Posted by bbfan1991

Aston Villa have had a £8 million bid accepted for Tom Cleverley apparently. I wish him well if true, he needs a change and the pressure at Utd is too much.

I hope this means that we have targets ready!

It just means we have enough money for Woodward's travelling expenses
Talksport are saying we have offered a deal to Vidal but nothing yet.
I really hope our deals don't come down to the last hour on deadline day.

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Ed getting 8 mil for that streak of piss Tom is up there with Villa getting 19 mil of us for Gashley

Now if we could get Vidal in all Ed's rubbish last year shall be forgiven

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It's reported that Vidal has confirmed he wants to stay at Juventus.
So we have been chasing him for three months & 4 days before the window closes he say's no. We have wasted our time & have run out of options.
And now Juventus want Hernandez from us ?!.
They can go take a run & jump.
But knowing Woodward, we will sell him to them & still pay his wages.

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United agree deal for Blind

Manchester United is delighted to announce it has reached agreement with Ajax to sign Daley Blind, subjet to a medical and personal terms.


A further announcement will be made when the process is complete.

Good signing!

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Van Gaal hails Shaw's fitness work

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has heaped praise on Luke Shaw as he continues his return to fitness.



The summer signing from Southampton is yet to feature in a competitive game for the Reds this term after picking up a hamstring injury in training on his return from the club's pre-season tour.

During the visit to the United States, van Gaal revealed he had set up a specific training programme for the 19-year-old in a bid to further enhance his fitness and help him reach the level required at United.

Despite further comments from England boss Roy Hodgson about Shaw’s fitness earlier this week, van Gaal has moved to dispel any doubts over the youngster and applauded him for his efforts since getting injured.

“I said to him in the United States that he came here not fit. So I changed his programme and he did everything that he was asked to do to be fit. Now he is an example in the dressing room and he is training fantastically,” revealed the Reds manager.

“When you want to write something maybe you ask me if he is doing his work or not,” he added during a chat with reporters. “I have read some nasty articles about him. You should know me by now and know that I am open and will answer your questions.”

When asked about Hodgson’s comments over Shaw not being fit, van Gaal said: “Yes, Luke is not fit now because he is injured! But Roy Hodgson cannot judge at this moment because I have never seen him here for a training session.


I think he is referring to the World Cup. But for now Luke is doing a great job.”

Despite a spate of injuries there was some positive news about Michael Carrick’s progress following ankle surgery last month. “Michael is also doing a great job. Today [Friday] he removed his plastic boot. It was a happy day for him,” revealed van Gaal.

The manager did however confirm that Carrick remains one of 10 players missing through injury, along with Shaw, Sam Johnstone, Rafael, Chris Smalling, Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini, Shinji Kagawa, Jesse Lingard and James Wilson.

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Di Maria set for United debut at Burnley

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Fe...s-burnley.aspx

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Rooney: Di Maria worth the record fee

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney believes Angel Di Maria will be a superb signing for the club and worth every penny of his record fee.



The Reds striker has trained alongside the former Real Madrid star and is in no doubt the South American can have an immediate impact on the team's fortunes, starting in Saturday's clash at Burnley.

"You could see the qualities he has as, for me, he is the right person for this club," stated Rooney in an exclusive interview with MUTV. "It's great for everybody. It lifts everyone as it shows the intention the club has got to bring in a player of that quality.

"It's a lot of money to spend on one player but he's worth that money. Having seen him in the last couple of days in training, I've seen the quality he has got and he will be a great signing for us. He is great to have in the team."

Rooney admits to being irritated by the side's failure to hit the ground running in the Barclays Premier League but is convinced it is only a matter of time before everything gels.

"Obviously, we've had a bad start to the season but I'm sure with the manager's philosophy for how he wants us to play, as he said, will take time and it's not just going to work from day one," he added. "It will take time and obviously it's frustrating when you're wanting to click straight away. Once it starts working, I'm sure we'll be successful."

Damn right.

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Gallery: Primed for Burnley

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Fe...f-burnley.aspx

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Van Gaal: Rojo still needs work permit

Louis van Gaal does not believe Marcos Rojo will obtain a work permit ahead of Saturday’s trip to Burnley, though the Manchester United manager says it is only a matter of time until the process is complete.



The summer signing has been at the Argentinian Embassy in Madrid all week, trying to secure his right to work within the EU. Notably, the difference between Rojo and his compatriot Angel Di Maria is the latter has an Italian passport thanks to his grandparents.

Speaking during his pre-match press conference at the Aon Training Complex on Friday, van Gaal vented his frustration: “I cannot change the law of Argentina. I am Manchester United manager, which is the biggest club in the world, but I cannot change the law. It’s only a matter of time.”

Looking ahead to Saturday’s 12:45pm kick-off at Turf Moor, which can be followed via ManUtd.com’s live blog and the club’s official Twitter account @ManUtd, the boss is confident his side will utilise their superior technical ability against a newly-promoted team that is likely to favour a more direct approach.

“It's not a big stadium but I think it will be a fantastic atmosphere and the fans will stimulate the Burnley players,” van Gaal told reporters. “They will play with a lot of passion and long balls. We have to fight against it. It shall be a very difficult game but we have to show we can play football.”

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Angel Di Maria:

http://www.manutd.com/en/NewSignings...-Di-Maria.aspx

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United v Burnley: De Gea, Jones, Evans, Blackett, Valencia, Young, Fletcher, Di Maria, Mata, Rooney, Van Persie.

Subs; Januzaj, Hernandez, Welbeck, James, M. Keane, Anderson, Amos.

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United agree deal for Blind



Good signing!

A great signing. I really think he is the kind of player we need.
Fantastic to see Di Maria start. We really need a win today.

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LVG needs to change the formation. It's clearly not working.
Bringing on Anderson for Di Maria tells you everything that is wrong with United right now.
If we keep playing like this I will be amazed if we are in the top half by Christmas.
The likes of City & Chelsea will rip us apart.

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Fatty and RVP are the new Gerrard and Lampard. One has to be dropped and with both being as useless as the other it doesn't matter who it is

LVG is getting away WITH MURDER AT THE MOMENT. His tactical and formation plans to date have BEEN PATHETIC and taking our ONLY CREATIVE PLAYER off in Di Maria just adds to how bad he has been so far

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Saturday was frustrating! Say no more.

Daley Blind is now a Manchester United player, welcome he is a good and versatile player.

I still can't believe we are signing Falcao too, initially a loan deal with the option of signing him after!

Finally good luck to Shinji Kagawa now he is back at Dortmund and also Javier Hernandez, who has moved to Real Madrid on loan initially with the option of a permanent move after.

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It's been much more of an exciting transfer window than I thought.
Sad we did not get Vidal but I don't think he really wanted to come to us.
Welcome Daley Blind

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#mufc is delighted to announce that Daley Blind (@BlindDaley) has completed his transfer for a fee of £14million.



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Blind has signed from Ajax on a four-year contract with the option for a further year. Statement: http://bit.ly/1CjWYtG #DaleyJoins