United cut for title after signing Schweinsteiger
MANCHESTER UNITED have pulled off the highest-profile signing of the summer so far by agreeing a deal with Bayern Munich to sign midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Paddy Power were clearly impressed by United’s transfer business and have cut the Red Devils to 4-1 from 5-1 for the Premier League title. Coral however, remain a standout 6-1 about the trophy returning to Old Trafford next season.
The German international joins £31m Memphis Depay at United and Louis van Gaal looks likely to add Torino defender Matteo Darmian, after he confirmed that the Italian was flying to England for a medical before completing a £13m move.
Schweinsteiger is evens with Betfred to score at least five Premier League goals next season, 8-11 to get four or fewer, and the same firm make the 30-year-old a 20-1 poke to win the PFA Player of the Year award.
Claudio Ranieri is the latest manager to be backed for the Leicester job. Hills report strong support for the former Chelsea boss and he is now 6-4 second favourite behind Martin O’Neill who is 4-7 to return to the Foxes hotseat.
Mexico hammered Cuba 6-0 in their first Concacaf Gold Cup Group C contest and a similar outcome looks likely when they take on Guatemala in the early hours on Monday morning. The layers make Mexico 1-10 shots and that is no surprise given they are ranked 53 places above their opponents by FIFA. Trinidad & Tobago are also heavy odds-on shots at 1-7 for their Group C match against the Cubans.