Four Manchester United players have been included in the annual PFA Team of the Year.

Edwin van der Sar, Nemanja Vidic, Nani and Dimitar Berbatov have all shone this season for the Reds, and at a gala dinner in London on Sunday their consistent performances were recognised by their fellow professionals.

Vidic, Nani and Javier Hernandez were also nominated for individual gongs – Vidic the Player of the Year award, Nani and Hernandez the Young Player of the Year honour – but the prizes went to Gareth Bale and Jack Wilshere respectively. Hernandez, in his first season in England, came third in the Young Player category.

The Reds’ representation in the Team of the Year was higher than any other club’s. Alongside United’s quartet, Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Samir Nasri (Arsenal), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal), Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur) and Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) were also selected.

From official news Berbatov travelling with the matchday squad, but feels unwell then after that withdraw from the squad. I saw him sit alongside SAF last night.

For North London derby, may the best team won. Although I think Arsenal will win this - especially after Szesczny' return. I always rated him high.

We've got fletcher

Maybe we can get adam??

Carrick I think capable enuff to spray pass across the pitch, altho not as frequent as Scholes. Besides, we got Anderson already.

Manuel Neuer is certain to leave Schalke in the summer after turning down the offer of a new contract.

Neuer, 25, has been linked with a move to Manchester United but is almost certain to sign for Bayern Munich.

Talk of Neuer moving to Bayern has not been popular among the Bavarian club's fans, but despite that he is likely to make the move for a cut-price fee with his current deal due to expire in the summer of 2012.

"I have taken this decision without any external influence,'' explained Neuer on Schalke's website. "The decision has nothing to do with the change of coach or any other person at another club.

"I have a great deal to thank Schalke and their unique fans for, but I would like to have the opportunity for a change after 20 years' faithful service to this club.

"I have made this decision and I wanted to make it public, but now all of the concentration focuses on Schalke's goals for the season. I agree with [director of sport] Horst Heldt that we must have peace and quiet to be as successful as possible in the coming games.''

Heldt added: "As much as it hurts us, we have accepted this development and we respect it. How things develop with Manuel Neuer will emerge in the coming weeks and maybe months, but we are now concentrating on our sporting challenges and the rest will follow in due course.''

Neuer doesnt wanna have new deal with Schalke, bayern says they want him, he says he wants Bayern...what is there to talk about anymore?

well it would be one heck of a "trolling" against bayern munich if he changes his mind and decide to move out of Germany

Manchester United are edging closer to sealing a deal for David De Gea after Atletico Madrid admitted they may be forced to sell him in the summer.

As revealed by Sportsmail last week, the Spain goalkeeper is on the verge of a £17.8million switch to join the Barclays Premier League giants.

Sir Alex Ferguson had identified the 20-year-old as the replacement for retiring Edwin van der Sar and the clubs are understood to have reached an agreement which will see De Gea sign a five-year deal at Old Trafford.

Atletico retain some hope of keeping De Gea, who was also targeted by Chelsea, but the club have admitted that they will sell him if they cannot tempt him to sign a new deal.

Chief excecutive Miguel Angel Gil Marin said: 'We have met with him to negotiate a new deal on two occasions.

He has a contract with Atletico for three more seasons, so it is necessary to renew it and reasonable to revise his salary, which is well below his current performance. But at the end of the season there will be two choices - to renew or to leave.'

De Gea narrowly missed out on a place in Spain’s World Cup squad last summer but is considered the long-term replacement for current No 1 Iker Casillas

Meanwhile, another United goalkeeping target - Manuel Neuer - is set to leave their Champions League semi-final opponents Schalke to join Bayern Munich in the summer.

Neuer, who has refused to sign a new deal, said: 'I took my decision without any influence from the outside. The decision had nothing to do with a coaching change or a person at some other club.

'I want to keep the possibility of change open after 20 years of being true to one club,.'

Schalke sports director Horst Heldt said: 'We accepted this decision with a heavy heart and we must respect it. What will happen now with Manuel will be decided in the coming weeks or months.'

Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has been linked with a move to Seville.

The Reds striker, who endured a nightmare afternoon on Saturday when he missed two chances in the FA Cup semi-final, is out of contract next summer.

And Spanish side Seville hope to land the Bulgarian in a £12m deal, according to the Sun.