Manchester United’s 28 man squad for Champions League qualifiers

Fellaini remains suspended for the next two games of the Premier League season after his final day red card against Hull. Then I went to Manchester United, and now I’ve signed here in Paris.

“Manchester United will have to pay huge price for Cillessen”, he told the Daily Mirror.

Louis van Gaal has not given up hope of keeping David de Gea at Old Trafford, even though the goalkeeper was deemed not mentally ready to play in Manchester United’s 1-0 win over Tottenham.

The Spain global didn’t play in the 3-1 win against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday amid continued reports linking the 24-year-old shot stopper with a move to Real Madrid.

United would clearly rather not have De Gea either sitting in the stands burning away the last year of his contract, or playing as a want-away first-choice with the distractions fresh in his mind, but at this point they would prefer that to backing down.

Of the new faces, Van Gaal was impressed by right-back Darmian the most.

Louis van Gaal felt “it was a hard game” as both teams set out to do the same thing and that was to “press well” and this meant “the players didn’t have time on the ball” so possession wasn’t “easy”.

Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, and Jonny Evans all looked error-prone during the last campaign, and it was only the brilliant form of David De Gea that stopped it from being a major issue.

While Van Gaal headed out to celebrate his birthday, Mauricio Pochettino travelled back to London a disappointed man.

Far from looking exhausted and awed by United, Spurs were the better side for most of the first half, and they also had the best goalscoring opportunity after Harry Kane put Christian Eriksen through on goal early on. “It was very frustrating and disappointing in the dressing room”, Pochettino said.

It’s thought that Captain Wayne Rooney is highly supportive of this move, and he certainly should be given that he’s going to need some support within the United strike force.