Angel di Maria is worth every penny:
At just shy, bang on or a little bit more of £60million (it depends on what figure you want to believe), Manchester United forked out a British record transfer fee to bring the Real Madrid ace to Old Trafford.
You’d obviously expect an instant, and big, return on such a price and after opening the scoring today, combined with his overall performance, the Argentina international looks to be worth the astronomical cost.
Manchester United are back!
Okay, it has only been 90 minutes but what a 90 minutes it was for Louis van Gaal’s boys.
The Red Devils performance was full of energy, pace, creativity and goals; four things we were accustomed to during the days of Sir Alex Ferguson.
LvG now has a platform to build upon as the Dutchman looks to get United back into the Champions League.
Robin van Persie is no longer the main man
Before Louis van Gaal announced his starting line-up for the game today, a lot of the talk surrounded whether it would Wayne Rooney or Juan Mata to lose their place to Falcao.
LvG surprised us all, though, when he started the Colombian on the bench. However, it won’t be long before the man on loan from AS Monaco will be commanding a starting place and, on today’s performance, Robin van Persie may well be the fall guy.
