record transfer fee of £59.7m to sign Real
Madrid winger Angel Di Maria.
The Argentina international, 26, is in
Manchester and will have a medical on
Tuesday morning, after which the move –
which will take United's summer spending to
£132m – will be confirmed.
He could make his debut away to Burnley in
the Premier League on Saturday.
The fee will eclipse the £50m Chelsea paid
Liverpool for striker Fernando Torres in
2011.United last broke the British transfer
record when they paid Leeds £29.1m for Rio
Ferdinand in 2002.
The Old Trafford club have already bought
left-back Luke Shaw, midfielder Ander
Herrera and Di Maria's Argentina team-mate
Marcos Rojo for a combined £72m this
summer.
"Di Maria has not trained with us today and
he came in to say goodbye to the players and
people at the club," said Real boss Carlo
Ancelotti on Sunday.
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