Mata upset with treatment of Man Utd teammate V

Sevilla have goalkeeping problems with Beto now sidelined through injury.

Valdes and Van Gaal’s rocky relationship stems from last season when the Spaniard took offence at being asked to play for the Under-21 side.

Meanwhile, Spanish football pundit Guillem Balague has lifted the lid on Valdes’s miserable time at Old Trafford.

Jones made his comeback to United’s first team from “mild thrombosis” two weeks ago and has been called up for England’s European Championship qualifiers against Estonia on Friday night and Lithuania on Monday.

The former Barcelona goalkeeper looked certain to leave over the summer but a proposed move to Besiktas fell through. Rooney really needs a small break or a few easy cup ties to get his confidence back soon, if United wish to win a few titles this season.

With tough matches looming next – away ties against Everton and CSKA Moscow, and a Manchester Derby against City at Old Trafford – many believe United’s season will fall apart after the global break, following the manner in which they were so badly exposed by the Gunners.

Dutch legend Johan Cruyff feels Manchester United should be more dominant under Louis van Gaal, while he has criticised the behaviour of Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho.

Cruyff, however, claimed the 20-time champion do not dominate matches as it should and urged United to play a brand of football which supporters will appreciate. “Manchester doesn’t play like that”, he told Sky Sports. I like him as a coach but it is important to me that my coaches are good people too and he is. United needed someone to pick up the gauntlet on Sunday, and when your own captain can not do that, what chance have you got?

“That’s a odd situation, but the results I think are second”.

Van Gaal admitted he was “shocked” by the capitulation, criticising his team for allowing Santi Cazorla and Ozil the freedom to dominate the game in the first half.