LOUIS VAN GAAL has spent over £150m on seven signings since taking over as United manager – with mixed success.
The Spanish midfielder has proved the best of United's signings and has even received the blessing of United legend Paul Scholes.
The former Athletic Bilbao player had an unfortunate start when his debut on the opening day of the season was curtailed by an ankle injury which kept him out of the next three games.
He took time to adapt to the Premier League and was used sparingly over the next five months. But he has started the last 12 games and really looked the part, showing an instinctive understanding with compatriot Juan Mata.
As you would expect of a Spnaiard, his technique is excellent, his passing is precise and intelligent, he can run from box-to-box, can tackle and he has an eye for goal. He has seven so far, including a goal of the season contender against Yeovil in the FA Cup. Should only get better.
A nightmare run of injuries – the first of them in pre-season - has wrecked Shaw's first season at Old Trafford and his bid to justify a transfer fee that made him the world's most expensive teenage footballer.
He has admitted he would only give himself a C-minus if he was writing a school report on his first season. Has started only 17 of United's 41 games in all competitions and has only completed the full 90 minutes on eight occasions. A nagging groin problem means he may not play again this season.
But Shaw showed his potential in two outstanding games, home and away, against Chelsea, when he displayed the marauding wing-back skills that made him one of Engliand's best young prospects.
Not 20 until July and Louis Van Gaal believes a thorough pre-season training programme will help him fulfil his rich potential.
Verdict: Miss - but certain to improve if he can stay fit.
Surprise signing but arrived at Old Trafford having impressed for Argentina in the World Cup and is capable of playing either at left back or left centre back.
A work permit delay meant he missed the start of the season but he then played seven games in a row until dislocating his shoulder in the Manchester derby in early November. Came back for three games but then picked up a thigh injury that kept him out for a month and since then has been in and out of the team with Van Gaal shuffling personnel and formations.
Has looked uncertain at times, not helped by United's constantly changing defence and having to adapt to the intensity of the English game. But likes to get his foot in, decent in the air and comfortable on the ball.
With a season under his belt will clearly improve.
Son of former Ajax and Holland great Danny Blind and a key member of the Dutch squad managed by Van Gaal at last summer's World Cup.
Blind has adapted comfortably to the English game and shown his versatility by playing in three different positions – holding midfielder, left back and left side centre half in a back three – and has rarely had a poor game.
Not the quickest but reads the game well and his touch and passing are excellent. He has only scored twice but both were vital late strikes that earned draws at West Brom and West Ham.
Surprisingly sold by Real despite being man of the match in the Champions League final last May, Di Maria's British record move from the Bernabeu created enormous excitement at Old Trafford.
He made a good start with three goals and a couple of assists in his first five games but then his form dropped off alarmingly, co-inciding with a burglary at his home which forced him to move his family into a hotel.
Missed all of December with a hamstring injury and has not looked the same player since returning - scoring just once in the FA Cup tie at Yeovil. He was so poor in the first half of the home win over Sunderland in February that he was substituted at half-time.
Since being sent off against Arsenal in the FA Cup has been left on the bench and has raely impressed or even looked that interested when he has been sent on prompting speculation that he is unhappy.
Has provided 10 assists though and after their huge investment, Untied are likely to give him a second season to prove himself – unless he demands a move.
Like Di Maria, Falcao arrived amid a fanfare of excitement but, following a cruciate knee ligament in January 2014, has looked a shadow of the player who was one of Europe's most sought after strikers in his spells at Porto and Atletico Madrid.
Falcao has made 27 appearances – 16 starts and 11 sub – but has managed only four goals, the last of them against Leicester on January 31. He looks like has lost a yard of pace and is too easily knocked off the ball by defenders. Looks like he has lost confidence as well.
It will be a major surprise if Untied take up their option to turn his loan deal into a permanent move – especially as it would cost them £44m.
Signed in January after being released by Barcelona at the end of last season. Spent several months at United's Carrington training HQ working on his rehabilitation from a cruciate ligament injury – suffered last March - before convincing Van Gaal he was fit and capable enough to become David De Gea's No 2.
Has made one appearance for the under 21s but, rather surprisingly, Van Gaal did not rest De Gea from one of United's FA Cup ties to give Valdes a run-out. Still yet to make a Premier League appearance so difficult to tell whether he can recapture the form that made him Barcelona's No 1 for a decade.