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Manchester United flop Angel di Maria has revealed his surprise at the talents of new team-mate Zlatan Ibrahimovic at Paris Saint-Germain, according to reports from the Daily Mail.

The Sweden global netted his first club goal of the season – at the fourth attempt – for the French champions just as it looked as though he was going to be left exasperated on an otherwise straightforward evening for PSG.

Mundo Deportivo, Radio Catalunya/TV3 and Sport all reported that Ed Woodward had travelled to Spain to wrap the deal and end what was becoming another transfer saga.

Hristo Stoichkov says his former Barcelona coach Louis van Gaal is “destroying” Manchester United, and warned Pedro Rodriguez not to move to Old Trafford.

Following his extra-time victor for Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup, Manchester United fans will no doubt be licking their lips at the prospect of snatching Pedro from the Catalan giants.

Di Maria set a British soccer record for the most expensive transfer when he left Real Madrid for Manchester United, but his Old Trafford career failed to meet expectations.

De Gea was left out of the matchday squad, Van Gaal saying before the game that the player’s head was not right following the interest from Real Madrid.

Thierry Henry says that Barcelona winger Pedro would be a good signing for Manchester United.

“I don’t want to answer that but you can keep asking”, said the Dutch coach, “may be you know where he is”.

Blanc had stated, “Manchester United and PSG are two big clubs and negotiations can be hard, but we are close to the end”.

The Brazilian shone against Club America, scored against San Jose Earthquakes and helped cement a victory over Barcelona.

Di Maria, a £59.7m buy from Real Madrid last summer, has failed to join United’s pre-season tour and Louis van Gaal admits he has “no idea” of the whereabouts of the Argentine.

Di Maria failed to settle at United, on or off the pitch, but PSG’s former Chelsea defender David Luiz, a friend from their time at Benfica, says he is still a world-class talent.

Di Maria is known to have struggled to embrace Van Gaal’s methods, while the player’s wife has been unsettled in Manchester since a burglary at the couple’s Cheshire mansion in January.

United paid a British record £59.7m fee to Real Madrid to sign Di Maria last August and are understood to be looking for a figure closer to what they spent to sanction his departure.