Argentina international winger Di Maria joined the Red Devils from European champions Real Madrid for a club - record # 59.7 million last month, while his compatriot
Rojo moved to the Manchester outfit from Sporting Lisbon for a reported transfer fee of # 16m.
As
Rojo moves to the left due to the suspended Shaw, Smalling should come off the bench to replace him in the centre.
Not exact matches
Argentine left - back Marcos
Rojo is poised to become Manchester United's latest summer signing in a # 16m
move from Sporting Liston, with Nani heading on loan in the other direction.
It does not appear as though a
move to the Estadio de Mestalla is going to happen any time soon for
Rojo.
The # 59.7 m club record signing di Maria has been greatly impressing from his
move from Real Madrid and along with fellow newbie
Rojo will be wanting to maintain that good form in friendlies against great rivals Brazil and Hong Kong.
Daley Blind
moved into Shaw's position following the Man United man's injury on Tuesday night, with Marcos
Rojo coming on as a sub for Shaw, and the pair may now be the best options available to Louis van Gaal, at least until the January transfer window.
Rojo has reportedly been aware since before his # 16m
move in the summer to Manchester United, that he faced up to year in prison should he be found guilty.
Louis van Gaal saw versatile Argentine defender Marcos
Rojo complete a # 16m
move to Old Trafford earlier this week and three other players are reportedly close to completing
moves to the Premier League side.
Moving Rojo to the left, when Shaw came off (which was a terrible sub considering Bellerin was booked and they should've doubled up on him), seemed to be because he was struggling with the movement of Ozil in the middle, and kept being drawn playing out of the line, (which was evident in our first goal where he drifted forward towards OX but did nt try to tackle).
So when OX got injured Ozil was
moved to the right to face
Rojo again, despite Walcott being available (even the commentators were scratching their heads).
Following his # 16m
move from Sporting Lisbon this summer
Rojo has made seven appearances for United.
It's added that peace talks between Shaw and Mourinho took place and he's in the squad to face Everton this week, but ultimately he remains behind Marcos
Rojo, Matteo Darmian, Daley Blind and Ashley Young in the pecking order and must
move on to get his career back on track.
The 27 - year - old could join fellow Argentines Angel Di Maria and Marcos
Rojo if he does
move to Old Trafford next season.
If they really wanted him, however, United could perhaps prise him away from Russia in January, which would be a shrewd
move, particularly as he would be arriving to partner international teammate Marcos
Rojo.
Still, Miranda ended up staying in Madrid as United
moved to sign Marcos
Rojo instead, and this disappointment has led to the player suffering a real dip in form this season.
Villarreal could be a good
move for
Rojo.
A
move to Russia likely wouldn't be such a shock for
Rojo, who spent 18 months with Spartak Moscow between 2011 and 2012.
The fallout from Marcos
Rojo's transfer to Manchester United continues with the selling club, Sporting Lisbon, and Doyen, the management company that owned 75 % of his rights, at loggerheads over the
move.
The
move had begun with Chris Smalling laying the ball left to Marcos
Rojo and had then crossed the full width of the pitch four times before arriving with Schweinsteiger.
In the 52nd minute there was a
move that summed up United's lack of communication as there was a rare misunderstanding between Young and
Rojo as the England international played a ball to the space on his left where he thought his colleague would be running into but
Rojo had in fact stopped running completely.
Unlike Van Gaal with his first - window
moves for the likes of
Rojo and Keylor Navas he will not base a transfer strategy on performances in an ongoing major tournament.
Rojo last week hinted a
move was on by favouriting a Twitter post asking him to convince Otamendi to sign.