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The 28-year-old Spaniard who links up with former Barcelona teammate, Cesc Fabregas at the Stamford Bridge after a botched deal with English giants, Manchester United, was formally introduced on Thursday.

Manchester United manager, Louis van Gaal, was not pleased that his team did not win by more goals against Aston Villa on Friday night.

Kevin Volland believes that Hoffenheim can cause a surprise with an attacking approach against Bayern Munich on Saturday.

Barcelona also have their opening La Liga fixture against Athletic Bilbao at the San Mames.

Gary Neville has claimed that Louis van Gaal and chief executive Ed Woodward will face “massive two weeks” as Manchester United look to retain the players and make new additions to the squad.

Fourth in the Premier League last season, United have opened the new campaign with 1-0 wins over Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa, and Juan Mata believes Friday’s victory at Villa Park showed the team’s readiness.

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.

A planned march by the English Defence League on Saturday has seen this match brought forward at the request of West Midlands Police and so the TV cameras will get an early shot at Friday Night Football before it becomes a more frequent part of the fixture list next season.

He was part of the Augsburg side that stunned everyone by finishing fifth in the top flight, and subsequently qualified for this year’s Europa League.

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.

The development ends any hopes Manchester United may have still had of signing Ramos this summer and will be a disappointment to Red Devils boss Louis van Gaal.

Stoichkov won five La Liga titles and the 1992 Champions League as a Barca player but left the Camp Nou shortly after Van Gaal’s arrival in 1997.

Barcelona legend Hristo Stoichkov has warned Pedro not to leave the Nou Camp.

Sounds familiar? Manchester United aren’t thrilling or anything close to that, but they keep on winning, beating Aston Villa 1-0 through a slick Adnan Januzaj goal.

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