Man Utd Transfer News: Robin Van Persie To Debut Against Everton

'His agent is in discussions with (United chief executive) David Gill right about now. We hope all the things will be tied up, although sometimes medicals do take a bit longer. I am sure he will be available for Monday's game.'

The long serving United boss then revealed his excitement at fielding Van Persie and Rooney alongside each other in a formidable new look strike force, which also includes Danny Welbeck and Javier Hernandez (though probably not for much longer Dimitar Berbatov);

'They (Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie) are two fantastic players and it will be great to have both of them. It gives us more strength and more combinations up front. 'In 1999 I had Dwight Yorke, Andy Cole, Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the four best strikers in Europe.' 'We are going towards that now with Javier Hernandez, Wayne Rooney, Robin, Danny Welbeck and Shinji Kagawa. It is a fantastic collection of players and hopefully I pick the right combinations It is great to have a player of Robin van Persie's qualities to come into the squad. I am very pleased.'

The Daily Mail claim that United agreed a £15 million downpayment for Van Persie that could rise to £24 million depending on appearances. The forward - who scored an incredible 30 Premier League goals last season for Arsenal - winning the Footballer of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards - is expected to sign a four-year contract incredibly worth over £200,000 a week. The signing is a clear message from Fergie that he has no intentions of coming up second place to Manchester City next season and he is desperate to recapture the Premier League title and really challenge for the Champions League once again. This is the first time the club have made a huge big name signing since the arrival of Dimitar Berbatov in 2008 for a fee of £30.75 million.