Luiz relishing Di Maria link-up

“He’s very young so it’s not so easy for him to come from Southampton to as big a club as Manchester United”.

The aforementioned source also reports that Di Maria will undergo a medical at the beginning of next week with Eric Rolland, Paris Saint-Germain’s in-house doctor.

Louis van Gaal has confirmed he intends to use a 4-3-3 formation with Manchester United in the new Premier League season.

Secondly, and equally importantly, van Gaal struggled to find a role for the attacking midfielder last term as United continually fluctuated between back fours, back threes and midfield diamonds.

Di Maria said as recently as June that he wanted to stay at United, but it became apparent that he had his heart set on a move to the French capital in the last couple of weeks.

The manager tinkered with the shape of his starting XI throughout his debut season at the Old Trafford helm as United overcame a poor start to qualify for the Champions League following a one-year absence. Since then, the 27-year-old and his family have been living in a city-centre apartment in Manchester owned by former United defender Phil Neville. There’s been no hands-off warning, no renouncement of rumours, and that’s allowed the PSG transfer to gain momentum. A chance that Di Maria’s move only makes more likely, in the European tournament’s typically romantic sub-plot style.