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Paris Saint-Germain expect to complete the signing of Angel di Maria this weekend with Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal ready to replace the unsettled Argentine with Barcelona forward Pedro Rodriguez.

As he prepares to make his exit from United, we can now come to the conclusion that he never wanted to be in Manchester from day one. The Dutchman is interested in Barcelona forward Pedro, who was frustrated by his lack of game time at the Nou Camp last season.

Manchester United sold Saidy Janko to Celtic this summer and if signed, Pedro is expected to slot into the club’s Under-21 team.

Pedro has become a fringe player at the Bernabeu with Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar, Enrique’s first choice forward line.

The club tour around the United States ended with only one win after three games, but the results don’t really matter to Lucho.

Head coach Luis Enrique said after Tuesday’s defeat to Chelsea on his club’s official website: “The only negative note of this game is Douglas’s injury”.

Reports breaking in Spain suggest that Manchester United are set to sign Barcelona’s Pedro after Ed Woodward agreed to pay a fee of £23m.

Pedro has been repeatedly linked with a move to Manchester United and Chelsea in recent weeks as the clubs consider triggering his £22m release clause, and Busquets admits that it is understandable why his fellow Spaniard is considered leaving.

The paper now claims that United’s offer has been accepted and the 27-year-old will now be on his way to Old Trafford for somewhere between €25m-€30m. Yes, I’ve spoken to him but I can’t reveal what he said.

It had previously been claimed that the Spaniard had his release clause reduced from €150m to €30m after signing a new deal with the Catalan giants.