Louis van Gaal reveals he knew Radamel Falcao was money well spent after striker scored with only chance in first training session

United have spent £6million to ‘hire’ Falcao from Monaco this season, during which time the striker will earn £280,000 a week at Old Trafford. It will cost them another £46m to exercise an option to buy him outright next summer.  Angel di Maria, Ander Herrera, Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw and Daley Blind — whose appearance on Thursday was rather overshadowed by the man sitting to his left — also came through the door as part of a £150m summer spending spree.  This has inevitably led to questions about United’s transfer policy under Van Gaal and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward.  That is unlikely to faze Falcao. After all, this is the fourth time he has moved clubs in the last five years.  This time last year he was being paraded as Monaco’s record £48m signing.