Football transfer rumours: Manchester United after Porto's Danilo?

Despite splashing nearly £160m last summer - with the result being an infinitesimal improvement in results - the board will back Louis van Gaal's philosophy again this summer, in the hope that they can prise the fourth-place trophy from Arsène Wenger's steely paws in 2016. Their latest target is a Brazilian right-back called Da Silva - don't they already have one of those? Yes they do, but as Richie and the Rumour Mill know, one is never enough. Danilo, as this Da Silva likes to be known, has 11 caps for Brazil, and the 23-year-old has a £37m release clause at Porto, so the Home Office will be more than happy to rubber-stamp a work permit. At Stamford Bridge, José Mourinho is not content with a title win to go with Chelsea's League Cup triumph. Unhappy with being "forced" to take the progressive move of shifting centre-half Kurt Zouma into midfield to replace the suspended Nemanja Matic he is on the lookout for midfield reinforcements. That's why he's sent his chief scout out to Belgium to watch the Anderlecht youngsters Youri Tielemans, 17, and Leander Dendoncker, 20. Having two of everything money can buy should ensure that if Matic has to take a leaf out of John Terry's book again and go, to borrow a phrase popular on the internets, "full-kit wanker" after missing another cup final in order to crowbar his way into the celebratory piccies, at least Chelsea will have a specialist to take up his position, Kazinform cites the Guardian. Meanwhile at Arsenal, it's déjà vu as a team crying out for the sturdy central midfielder that could actually make them contenders again will ignore the obvious links to Southampton's Rumour Mill favourite Morgan Schneiderlin. Instead, the £50m war chest will be spent on a couple more little, nippy attackers. Boca Junior's Jonathan Calleri fits the bill, as does Paulo Dybala of Palermo. Two Argentinian strikers, because one is never enough. Unfortunately the latter seems more keen on a move to Spain. "Would I be open to a move to Barcelona? I would swim to Barcelona if they came knocking," Dybala told Catalan radio. "I wouldn't even have to change into my swimming gear. After all, I would only have to cross the Mediterranean Sea." Doesn't poor little Paulo know that Barça have a transfer ban? In any case, the quickest way for a player to get to Barcelona is to spend a couple of years at the Emirates. Just ask Overmars, Petit, Van Bronckhorst, Hleb, Henry, Fàbregas, Song or Vermaelen.