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title: "Van Gaal eyeing up PSG midfielder"
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published: "2016-01-18T11:37:55Z"
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# Van Gaal eyeing up PSG midfielder

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal is weighing up a move for a Paris-Saint Germain midfielder… and it won’t be a return to Old Trafford for Angel di Maria.

The Dutchman has been rotating Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini, Michael Carrick, Morgan Schneiderlin and the World Cup-winning Bastian Schweinsteiger in United’s midfield; with the perfect balance still not entirely clear.

The solution in that spot could be a Frenchman by the name of Adrien Rabiot. The 20-year-old has made 16 appearances for the French champions so far this season, spanning Ligue 1, the Champions League, the French cup and the French league cup – and [according to the Daily Express](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/635555/Manchester-United-Arsenal-Adrien-Rabiot-transfer-gossip), he could soon join fellow countrymen Schneiderlin and Martial in Manchester.

![Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmanutd.com/readmanutd/2016/01/479350497.jpg)

The wavy-haired under-21 international is an exceptionally gifted player, who excels in a deeper role, offering brilliant passing, intercepting and tackling abilities – but crucially also loves to carry the ball out of the midfield with his clever dribbling. He’s a full package in the defensive midfield role and will only get better.

His attitude has been questioned in his time with PSG so far – last season he had an on-the-pitch altercation with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but the Swede laughed it off after the game. If he can keep his head screwed on, he’ll have a very bright career – and United could do with some more passion in the side just now anyway!

Arsenal are known suitors of the Frenchman and are [thought to have held discussions with his agent](https://readarsenal.com/2016/01/07/psg-midfielders-agent-flies-transfer-talks/) (his mother) with regards to a move – so to bring Adrien to Old Trafford would be quite the coup.