Fourteen months on, the 28-year-old Vardy is still the man to mark. “I am very satisfied with him”, the Dutchman said, while refusing to be drawn on Keane’s comments. After there is Jamie, there is me and everybody – the team. “He knows the truth very well”, said the Italian. That United game is on it. So I’ve seen it a lot’. “It’s great for us to improve”.
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How 30-year-old Rooney needs a goal right now with United having drawn four of their past seven games 0-0.
It leaves United with just Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial as genuine strikers, and suggests Van Gaal will continue to use midfielders Marouane Fellaini and Memphis Depay as makeshift forwards this season.
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Leicester have recovered more points from losing positions (10) than any other team in the BPL this season.
The last time Rooney hit the kind of form Vardy is now enjoying, the Leicester forward was still playing in the National Conference for Fleetwood Town.
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has blamed a lack of luck for his side’s attacking problems this season and insists he is keen to get disgruntled fans back on side.
“Van Nistelrooy didn’t play so much with me, I was at Ajax and he was at PSV”.
When asked if Vardy was a potential January transfer target, Van Gaal added: “That’s none of your business”.
There was little will from Van Gaal to discuss last year’s eight-goal thriller, in which United held a two-goal lead twice before going down 5-3. “We want to take this game and win; we’ll make sure that Leicester find it hard”.
“More or less, Van Nistelrooy is like Vardy”.
Louis van Gaal may be calling Marcus Rojo into his office on Monday morning after a snap of him preparing dinner was posted to Instagram by his wife.
“But, in England, because of the quality of the teams, because every team have the money to buy players – and they have bought players – the difference in the Premier League between the clubs in level is not so high”.
Manchester United striker James Wilson reveals that it was an easy decision to join Brighton & Hove Albion on loan.
Quite improbably, in just their second season back in the Premier League, Leicester sit atop of the table after 13 matches. On Wednesday, Manchester United left their hopes of progressing to the Champions League knockout phase teetering in the balance heading into the final round of fixtures after a drab goalless draw at home with PSV Eindhoven.
The doubt about Leicester is that their record is not outstanding against the better sides in the league, but of course that could be said about most teams.
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“What he does well is show us our opponent and tell us how they play without forgetting about our strengths”.
