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Whats the deal with Mangala?

Really dragging on for what seems to be a straightforward transfer. Any strength to the whisperings he's dragging his heals because he's more interested going to Chelsea?

He was awful last season but great in 2012/13. I think he'll be found out at QPR though.

Mail reporting the Vidal deal is off as Louis van Gaal wants other targets. Bold, and possibly bad, move if true.

Twitter buzz seems to indicate Nile Ranger is a target of Leeds. Fucking hell, how is he still getting chances?

They're more believable than the Metro, who lied about their report this week that said he was coming and today have said he's not joining after all. Pathetic.

Manchester United are continuing to monitor Angel Di Maria’s situation at Real Madrid. The Argentina winger is on the Barclays Premier League club’s radar although there has been no contact with Real or the player.

Reports emerged today that United had bid for Di Maria and agreed personal terms with the 26-year-old but they are only maintaining a watching brief at this stage.

Di Maria - who excelled in Real’s Champions League triumph over Atletico Madrid, their cross city rivals, and has played an important role in Argentina’s progress to the World Cup final - is valued at about £45 million and contracted to the Spanish giants until June 2018.

United have already spent £56.8 million on Luke Shaw, the England left back, and Ander Herrera, the Spanish midfielder, this summer, although Louis van Gaal, the club’s new manager, remains in the market for another midfielder, a centre-half and a versatile winger-cum-forward in the Di Maria mould.

With Patrice Evra also moving closer to joining Juventus, United are also expected to sign another left back as cover for Shaw. Ricardo Rodriguez, of Wolfsburg, is one option.

Arturo Vidal, the Juventus midfielder, continues to be heavily linked with United, who are monitoring developments surrounding the Chilean.

Times are reporting our new kit deal will be with adidas and worth £75m a year.

Honestly can't see where United are getting this money to spend. Let alone spending it basically on all attacking players when their defence is horrible, more so now that they've also lost Evra, Rio and Vidic. Big risk if they don't produce and miss out on the Champions League again (which they shouldn't).

At this rate with the players purchased and being linked with, you'd have to be looking at around £150m being spent.

Sturridge moved on and got his chance, he went on to become the player Chelsea and Man City wanted him to be.

I think the same can apply with Welbeck, if he moves on. If can can move to another team and take a fresh chance it could work wonders for him. But at the moment I think he's content with being thrown out wide and tracking up and down the pitch. He needs to believe in his ability, move on from United, and play up front consistently. At the moment though, he's good, just not quite good enough.