MAN UTD LEGEND NEVILLE: THIS TEAM WON'T WIN PREMIER LEAGUE

Manchester United legend Gary Neville can't see his old club making a title challenge.

A Robin van Persie brace handed United a 2-1 win against Southamptonon Monday night.

Speaking on Sky Sports 1's Monday Night Football, Neville said: "I don't think (they can win the league), they don't have the quality.

"They've been decimated with injuries. To say can they go and win the title? I think they're too short defensively at this moment in time. I don't think they're at that level I really don't.

"They're going to have to step it up. They look shaky on the ball. They lack counter attack, they lack speed, they didn't have anything.

"They've got away with murder tonight. United will be happy with the result but they will have to play better than that.

"I think they will get better, they're showing a bit of resilience. That's a good quality to have but they need to play better."

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DAD DELIVERS POSITIVE UPDATE ON MAN UTD CROCK BLIND

The father of Daley Blind says the Manchester United midfielder is making good progress from his knee injury.

Blind remains sidelined after suffering the injury while on international duty for Holland in November.

Danny Blind told Metro Nieuws: "On Tuesday he had a scan. Everything looked fine on the scan.

"Daley can really begin rehabilitation now but is still on schedule."

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MAN UTD TRIALIST VALDES NAMED SPANISH LIGA'S GREATEST KEEPER

Former Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes has been named theSpanish Liga's greatest.

According to a study by the Spanish Centre for Football History and Statistics (CIHEFE), Valdes is the best performing keeper in the La Liga's history.

In the study, Valdés topped the table ahead of Thibaut Courtois (Atlético de Madrid), Francisco Liaño (Racing, Deportivo and Sporting), Roberto Rodríguez aka 'Rodri' (Atlético de Madrid and Celta) and Mariano García Remón (Real Madrid).

Iker Casillas came way down in 20th place, whilst other former Spanish international shotstoppers like Santiago Cañizares (8th), Luis María Arconada (13th), Andoni Zubizarreta (17th), Abel Resino (22th), Miguel Ángel González (24th) and José Ángel Iribar (33rd) also made the list.

Valdes is currently a free agent and training with Manchester United.

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EX-MAN UTD FULLBACK DUXBURY: INTER MILAN DEFENDER VIDIC SHOULD FORGET RETURN

Former Manchester United fullback Mike Duxbury can't see Inter Milandefender Nemanja Vidic returning to Old Trafford.

Vidic has been linked with a loan return to United for January.

But Duxbury told Calciomercato.com: "There are no more leaders in the defence of United, probably the last one was really him.

"But, despite the rumours that he would be ready to go back, I think that his return would not work here."

Vidic has been dropped for games by Inter coach Roberto Mancini in recent weeks.

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Man Utd fear being rumbled by Chelsea in Cavani battle

Manchester United fear missing out on PSG striker Edinson Cavani.
The Mail on Sunday says the situation regarding Cavani remains in the balance.
United have trailed Cavani for a long time, even before Van Gaal arrived, but the Uruguayan international keeps sending out mixed messages about his future.
That is perhaps because Chelsea’s interest in the striker re-surfaced last week even though Jose Mourinho has said he has completed transfer business.

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Van Gaal awestruck by Man Utd popularity: Far greater than anything I've seen

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal admits he's awestruck at the popularity of the Premier League.
Van Gaal admitted he was stunned at the size of Manchester United after they beat Real Madrid in front of more than 109,000 fans in America on Saturday night.
Van Gaal said: "We have played on front of 300,000 fans on this tour and now there will be more for the final in Miami (v Liverpool on Monday)
"It is amazing and the impact of the tournament is far greater than anything I experienced in pre-season in Germany or Holland."
Van Gaal could win a first trophy at United in just his third week and said: "You can not read too much into preparation games but Of course it is a very god result and gives confidence.
"I changed a lot of players in the second half and in spite of that we scored again."

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