Young: Di Maria Deal Proves Our Power

Ashley Young says the British transfer-record capture of Angel Di Maria - following the arrivals of Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera and Marcos Rojo - shows Manchester United are more than capable of attracting the world's biggest stars.

The Reds smashed English football's buying benchmark on Tuesday with the £59.7million signing of Di Maria from Real Madrid. The Argentina international was the fourth new player to join the Reds in this transfer window and Young insists United's activity has sent out a message to the club's rivals.

"I think it makes a big statement to people out there," he told MUTV. "A lot of people might say we can't attract world-class players but we've just done that with the signings of Luke, Ander, Marcos and now Angel.

"Angel is a fantastic signing. Real Madrid have other top players in their team like [Gareth] Bale and [Cristiano] Ronaldo but he's the one who stood out for me in that team. When you add quality to a squad that already has quality it can only help us. We saw in his first couple of days [in training] just how good a player Angel is and what we can expect from him. He's definitely a great signing."

Young played with Di Maria in the Argentinian's debut match for United, Saturday's 0-0 draw at Burnley. Ashley added, "People will probably ask how Angel will adapt but he's fitted in straight away."