How Manchester United eventually hope to line up this season

If Manchester United look like a mess at this early stage in the season, it is because they are an almighty one - having picked up only one point in their first two games against mediocre opposition and having struggled in the transfer window.

The club are close to securing a £60m deal for Argentine playmaker Angel Di Maria and are also being heavily linked with a move for Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal.

If Louis van Gaal can get those new signings in, and get the rest of his beleaguered squad fit, this is how the Red Devils might eventually line up this season:

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