Quote:Manchester United have completed the signing of defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica for £31m.

The Sweden international, 22, travelled to Manchester on Wednesday to discuss terms and have a medical.

Lindelof, who has won 12 caps for Sweden, becomes United's most expensive defender, overtaking the £29.1m paid for Rio Ferdinand in 2002.

"I'm thrilled," said Lindelof, who joins on a four-year contract with an option for a fifth year.

"I have enjoyed my time at Benfica enormously and I have learned a lot there. But I'm looking forward to playing in the Premier League at Old Trafford and for Jose Mourinho. I'm keen to get started and make my contribution to the team's efforts to win more trophies," added the centre-back, who made 47 appearances as Benfica won a Portuguese domestic double last season.

"Victor is a very talented young player, who has a great future ahead of him at United. Our season last year showed us that we need options and quality to add depth to the squad and Victor is the first to join us this summer," said Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho.

This will be the place to see all the confirmed movements around United. We will list all the confirmed INs and OUTS.

This makes interesting reading:

Manchester United have gone 20 games without defeat - but their 10 draws during that streak means it is the least productive long unbeaten run in Premier League history.

There have been 15 other occasions when a Premier League team has gone unbeaten for 20 games or more, and in each instance they have recorded a better win rate than United's 50 per cent return.

The previous worst win percentage during a long unbeaten streak was when Chelsea took 11 wins and 10 draws from their games between August 1998 and January 1999, earning a 52.4 per cent win percentage.

In contrast, United's 21-game undefeated spell between December 2002 and August 2003 yielded 18 wins and just three draws - a win percentage of 85.7 per cent.

Read more at http://www.skysports.com/football/news/1...ue-history

Where is it going wrong? Has Jose's public slating of players served the opposite effect that he wanted? Is it purely loss of confidence? Are the opposition wise to the 'United way' and just sit deeper against us? Are there still square pegs in round holes? Are there too many fringe or squad players in the starting line up?

What do you think?

Nike and Cristiano Ronaldo have launched a new pair of boots. What has this got to do with United? Well, it is the Roman numerals on them that gives a nod to his 5 years at United:

http://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish...b45e8.html

"I remember when I left Lisbon for England that Alex Ferguson said to me, 'I want you to take the No.7'," the Real Madrid forward recalled."I accepted the challenge, it was great and it was the beginning of my success in football."Probably one of the most beautiful moments in my career so far."

See also http://www.skysports.com/football/news/1...ter-united