Van Gaal desperately seeking Di Maria

Angel Did Maria

As previously reported, Manchester United look odds-on to capture Ángel di María. Following PSG's withdrawal from the race, Louis van Gaal is willing to pay whatever it takes to sign the Argentine, which could be up to £55m (just under

€70m). "Every coach and manager wants a different style of play and different tactics. Now we have five No 9s and four No 10s and we don't have wingers to play attacking width, not at the highest level, of

Ronaldo or Di Maria or something like that", Van Gaal told the Mail on Sunday, hinting at a swoop for the Real Madrid man. The maverick coach also talked up the possibility of recruiting some of his former charges as Holland manager, with

Ajax's Daley Blind - who shone at the World Cup - believed to be a top target.

His words on Blind:' Dutch players are usually cheaper than players of other nationalities and they have usually been very well educated in the Netherlands, I believe'.

Source: marca.com