Kevin Strootman (AS Roma)
Despite the fact that the 24-year-old suffered a serious-looking knee-ligament injury playing for the Romans last season that has since ruled the holding midfielder out of this summer’s Fifa World Cup finals in Brazil, the player is still expected to have recovered in time for the start of next season.
And now Van Gaal wants United to move heaven and earth in order to lure the Dutchman to Old Trafford for the new campaign, says the Daily Telegraph, with the 62-year-old known to be a huge admirer of Strootman’s having worked with the player in the Oranje national team.