Louis van Gaal will also look to bring in Nemanja Vidic with newly appointed Inter Milan boss Roberto Mancini ready to offload the Serbian veteran on a free transfer.
Though clearly the 33 year old isn’t the same player who excelled at Man United during his nine spell at Old Trafford but the strong tackling centre-back could offer a strong presence in the short term and given the distinctly average displays put in by the likes of Jonny Evans, Phil Jones and Chris Smalling of late the addition of Vidic could help steady things at the back.