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Shaw is now being tipped to shine by Van Gaal following his displays for the squad on their preseason tour of the United States, with the Dutchman confident of his impact.

Despite a stop-start debut campaign, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal backs Luke Shaw to firmly establish his place in the side following a promising pre season.

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.

Mourinho and Wenger have a long-standing feud, which peaked when the Chelsea boss called the Frenchman a “specialist in failure” last season.

Angel Di Maria is edging closer to a move to Paris Saint-Germain after it was revealed that the player didn’t catch his flight to the United States to join up with his Manchester United team-mates for pre-season yesterday.

Januzaj also caught the eye as part of a young team that included seven players who have played for United’s youth sides and, having scored his first goal since 5 April 2014, during a 4-0 win over Newcastle at St James’ Park, the Belgium worldwide was clearly elated....

Wright-Phillips is expected to sign with the Red Bulls of Major League Soccer on a non-designated player contract, according to Brian Lewis of the New York Post.

“Of course, I do hope that De Gea will stay, but in this world of football, you never know”, Van Gaal said according to the report.

“I would prefer to stay closer to home”, said the Barcelona manager, who now takes his team to Washington DC to face Chelsea.

A lesser soul would have probably gone down in a big heap and cried about it. Terry, however, simply rubbed it off and got on with leading his side to a 1-1 draw and then to eventually win on penalties.

Di Maria, subject of serious interest from Paris St Germain, was due to meet up with his United team-mates in San Jose on Saturday.

Reports that Mourinho was likely to extend his deal first emerged at the end of last season but it now appears he will officially commit to Stamford Bridge until 2019 before the Blues Premier League opener against Swansea on August 8.

Chelsea have secured the long-term future of centre-back Tomas Kalas to Stamford Bridge, casting doubt on speculations linking them with a move for Everton starlet John Stones.

The next two days will be interesting in the Red Devils’ camp, as according to reports in a number of newspapers on Sunday, Di Maria is set to join PSG within 48 hours.

Cristiano Ronaldo shrugged off reports he had fallen out with manager Rafa Benitez to score as Real Madrid beat Manchester City 4-1 to lift the global Champions Cup in Melbourne. “That’s the most important thing”.