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Victory was United’s second straight 1-0 win after last week’s win over Tottenham and van Gaal believes they can still improve despite their 100 per cent record. The Red Devils were defensively compact and didn’t allow Villa to create any clear cut chances.

They will gain approval for van Gaal who, in turn, will be satisfied the man he brought in from the cold – Adnan Januzaj – bagged the deflected goal at Villa Park.

The Belgian star was recalled to the starting line-up by Louis van Gaal and struck the only goal of a laboured 1-0 win that maintains the Reds’ 100% start to the new Premier League season. We had a lot of unnecessary ball losses…

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal hit out at critics of team captain Wayne Rooney during his press conference ahead of the Red Devils’ Champions League clash with Club Brugge.

Sunderland have held talks with Liverpool over a loan move for Fabio Borini.

The 29-year-old has failed to score in United’s first two Premier League fixtures of the season and looked off the pace in Friday’s 1-0 victory over Aston Villa.

But Januzaj said he was in no rush to leave Old Trafford after scoring the only goal in United’s second successive 1-0 Premier League victory, at Aston Villa.

Sunderland have revived their interest in signing Fabio Borini from Liverpool.

Louis van Gaal claimed that De Gea turned down the chance to play for United against Spurs last weekend as he wants to leave Old Trafford for Real Madrid, but reports from the De Gea camp suggest that claim is not accurate.

Sunderland also remain hopeful of sealing a loan deal for Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj, though the player has poured water on rumours linking him with Sunderland via his official twitter account.

Don’t worry – you haven’t fallen into a time warp and travelled back to 2013.

Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj is nearing a Sunderland loan move according to the Sunderland Echo.

Sunderland found themselves stuck in the relegation zone for much of last season with Advocaat claiming the lack of competition in the side contributed to their struggles.

Once Lens has settled on Wearside after his £8m switch he will fly his family over, having signed a four-year deal at Sunderland.