He will be wiped out! Memphis Depay warned ahead of Man United's Champions League trip

MEMPHIS DEPAY will have a miserable time on his return to PSV Eindhoven, the Dutch club's

former boss Aad de Mos has warned.

Manchester United travel to Holland on Tuesday for their opening fixture in the Champions League group stage.

It offers 21-year-old Depay an instant return to the Philips Stadion after leaving for United in a £25m summer deal.

But De Mos believes PSV right-back Santiago Arias will win his duel with the winger. 

"Depay is not going to get one bit of joy out of his return to Holland," De Mos, 68, told the Daily Mirror. 

"Santiago Arias, the Colombian international defender who knows him inside out, is going to eat him raw.

"Honestly, I am 100 per cent sure that Arias will. De Mos also had a similar warning for United's Holland international and former Ajax man Daley Blind.

The veteran boss added: "And if Daley Blind thinks he can come and enjoy a bit of freedom, or dominate the game again, then he will soon realise all the PSV players are going to be after him.

"They will not leave him alone."

Louis van Gaal: Man United can follow Ajax path to Champions League glory

Louis van Gaal believes Manchester United have the mix of youth and experience that could enable them to win the Champions League in the way his Ajax team did.

Van Gaal sprang a surprise when he conquered Europe with a youthful Ajax side in 1995, with the teenager Patrick Kluivert scoring the only goal in the final against AC Milan.

While his United team do not have as many players at the very start of their career as the Dutch giants did, Van Gaal feels he is still giving youngsters a chance while Bastian Schweinsteiger and Michael Carrick fill the roles of the two veterans that Frank Rijkaard and Danny Blind had in his most successful side.

Asked in a news conference if that age profile could take United to Champions League glory, Van Gaal replied: "Yes, I believe in that. I believe more in the mix than players only from 27 to 34."

David De Gea: Manchester United goalkeeper signs new contract

Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea has signed a new-four year contract with the club.

The 24-year-old Spain international almost joined Real Madrid on transfer deadline day, but the necessary paperwork was not submitted in time.

De Gea's previous contract was set to expire next summer, while his new deal includes an option for a further year.

"I'm looking forward to putting a difficult summer behind me and working hard," said De Gea.

"I am delighted to be starting this new chapter in my United career.

"Manchester United is a special club and Old Trafford is an ideal place for me to continue to develop."

De Gea has not played for United this season as manager Louis van Gaal felt he could not focus amid interest from Real.

Had he not signed a new deal, De Gea could have opened talks in January about a free-transfer move to Madrid for next summer.

Van Gaal said he was "very pleased" the goalkeeper "will be part of the team for many years to come".

"David made a very important contribution to our performance last season and he has been the club's Player of the Year for the last two seasons," added the Dutchman.

De Gea has made 175 appearances for United since joining the club from Atletico Madrid in 2011 in an £18.9m deal.

He made several high-profile errors in his first few months in England, but has been in the Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year in two of the past three seasons.

New Signings

Anthony Martial

Anthony Martial is a French footballer who plays as a forward for Manchester United. Formed at Lyon, he transferred to AS Monaco in 2013 for a fee of €6 million, where he later became a regular. Wikipedia

Born: December 5, 1995 (age 19), Massy, Essonne, France

Height: 5' 11"

Weight: 168 lbs

Spouse: Samantha Martial

Current teams: France national football team (Forward), More

Children: Toto Martial

Antonio Valencia discipline sees Rafael marginalised at Manchester Utd

From the moment Louis van Gaal arrived at Old Trafford, it was clear that he would emphasise the team ethos over the case of any one individual.

In fact, amid a number of inconsistent results, that has been the one consistent thread throughout his first season. Though Manchester United's performances were all over the place for several months, Van Gaal was always adamant that his system -- his "philosophy" -- would come first.

This philosophy, while it took its time to manifest on the pitch, had some surprising victims. No-one thought, back in August, that Ashley Young would regularly start ahead of a fully-fit Angel Di Maria, yet now few people question it. No-one thought -- and one still has to rub the eyes at this one -- that Marouane Fellaini would be a deftly effective No. 10. Robin van Persie and Falcao were both expected to be far better, but they have both been inhibited by injury and a lack of confidence.

Yet, in one sense, the most perplexing casualty of this season has been Rafael. The Brazilian right-back, who last played for his country in 2012, was once seen as among the best in his position in the Premier League, but it now seems a long time since anyone regarded him in that way. There was a period where some even feared that he might be enticed away by a glamorous foreign rival. Yet now he cannot get a game ahead of Antonio Valencia, a man who joined the club as a winger and who might consider that right-back is his third-best position.

The situation used to be very different. Valencia and Rafael once combined to great effect down United's right-flank, with the former tucking in to let the latter overlap. The main change now is that Van Gaal is ruthless in his pursuit of defensive discipline, even more so than David Moyes was, and the numbers to support Rafael's exclusion are damning. The key to Van Gaal's philosophy is the ability to control possession and then pass at a high tempo, and he must have little faith in Rafael's positioning or his ability to retain the ball.