Di Maria not on United plane as exit nears

Di Maria, subject of serious interest from Paris St Germain, was due to meet up with his United team-mates in San Jose on Saturday.

United have reportedly accepted an offer of around £46m for the player who cost them £59.7m last summer and Hill believes that represents a good deal for United.

“I have heard that he is not on the plane”, van Gaal said without expanding further.

He added, “I told David to go stand in the goal so we have a point of direction for my attackers, but don’t do anything to risk more injury because we have to build you up. He was not on the plane”.

Wayne Rooney, Jesse Lingard and Adnan Januzaj scored for the Red Devils as they beat the Champions League holders in Santa Clara, continuing a fine pre-season habit with the club for Van Gaal after his 100 per cent record last summer.

Manchester United have plethora of talent at the attacking positions which includes the likes of Juan Mata, Angel Di Maria, Ashley Young, Adnan Januzaj and Andreas Pereira.

The future of unsettled Manchester United midfielder Angel Di Maria was thrown into doubt after it emerged the Argentine worldwide had failed to join up with the club’s US tour as scheduled.

Late on Saturday evening in California, De Gea uploaded a picture to Twitter after being re-united with United striker Javier Hernandez.

However, his one season at Old Trafford was considered a massive flop as he struggled to adapt to the Premier League while often finding himself on Louis Van Gaal’s bench.

“Of course, I know that this is preseason”.

Schweinsteiger, who will miss the Barcelona game with a minor injury, is a World Cup victor and Rooney feels United’s younger players can only benefit from playing with the experienced German. However, the Swedish worldwide admitted it would be hard to adjust with van Gaal as noted by Manchester Evening News. “The first chance was for Barcelona“.

But if they were being judged on their performances against Barcelona, there is only one victor.

“For the game no he can not play“, he said. “I think Barcelona could not cope with the threat of Depay and Rooney”. He lead the line well, using his movement rather than any physical strength to create options for the midfielders.