Former Man United man reacts to Charlie Austin reports

Alan Tonge has joked that someone is winding up Manchester United fans after the Red Devils were linked with a £15m move to bring Charlie Austin to Old Trafford.

Louis van Gaal has been left frustrated in his search for a striker to help United captain Wayne Rooney with the workload upfront after Pedro Rodriguez joined Chelsea in a £21.1m deal from Barcelona earlier this month.

Reports over the past 24 hours have linked the 20-time English champions with a surprise move for Queens Park Rangers striker Austin, with some bookmakers slashing odds on the striker to join United to a narrow 4/7 ahead of the transfer deadline.

And former Man United man Tonge can’t keep up with all the transfer speculation surrounding Old Trafford ahead of Tuesday’s cut-off point.

Charlie Austin now 4/7 to join Man United with Sky Bet. Is he Utd standard?

— Alan Tonge (@Alan_Tonge) August 30, 2015

In the last hour I've read we're in for Austin and Allegro and Cort and Martial. Someone's on a mega wind up 😂

— Alan Tonge (@Alan_Tonge) August 30, 2015

Van Gaal has signed Bastian Schweinsteiger, Morgan Schneiderlin, Memphis Depay, Matteo Darmian and Sergio Romero in the summer transfer window.