Valdes Leaving Manchester United For Standard Liege

Standard Liege have announced the loan signing of Victor Valdes, subject to a successful medical.

The Manchester United goalkeeper will spend the rest of the season in Belgium after being completely frozen out under Louis van Gaal at Old Trafford.

Valdes' United deal is up in the summer and he tweeted a goodbye message earlier this week after just two appearances in 12 months

"Thank you all for your support during these months of hard work for me," the 34-year-old wrote. "I will never forget!".

United signed former Barcelona 'keeper Valdes last January, but he was not given a squad number this season after falling out with Van Gaal, who accused him of refusing to play for the reserves.

Valdes took issue with that claim, but he did not feature in another United squad as Van Gaal bought Sergio Romero and used young Sam Johnstone as back-up before David de Gea's move to Real Madrid fell through.

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