DARMIAN STAYING PUT

MATTEO DARMIAN is set to stay with Manchester United despite saying he wanted to return to Italy.

The former Torino defender (right) has been linked with a move back to Serie A with Napoli, Juventus and Inter Milan but the Italian transfer window closed yesterday with no movement.

United boss Jose Mourinho said of the 28-year-old: “I don’t think he will go but he cannot have any bad feeling towards us because we opened the door for him in case his desire was to go.

“But it looks like it’s not going to end in a transfer and for me it is good news.

“He’s always an option for us, a reliable player. He does a job at right or left-back, as a starting player or on the bench.”