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Mark Hughes: Maybe some Manchester United players don’t have right mentality

They have had a lot of possession and created a lot of chances – a bit like ourselves. I think that is the case with United to a certain extent. He made his United debut in 1983 and remembers well their struggles before Sir Alex Ferguson led them into an era of unprecedented success lasting more than two decades. It’s tough for the players to deal with.

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Under-fire Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has branded his side’s Boxing Day meeting with Stoke a must-win match and warned his players they have to improve many aspects of their game.


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“My message was that the media are saying and writing things that are not happening inside Manchester United”, he said. We have to be strong together and try to get the better results we need.


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If Van Gaal wants to put all those rumors to rest, a win over Stoke City, who sit in 11th place with 23 points, will be a good place to start.

Losing against Stoke this weekend could be catastrophic in that respect because if our players show no fight at all to overturn the current situation, then fans would have every right to be angry and frustrated.

The Dutchman walked out of his latest press conference after answering only three questions, voicing his annoyance at reporters asking him about speculation that he was facing the sack.

Van Gaal was also asked to explain his decision to leave Rooney out of the starting XI.

“We all have families and sometimes there’s a lot of stuff that gets written that’s not nice for our families, for your family to see”.

“It is more hard because I am also part of the four matches we have lost, so people are looking at me and I have to deal with that”.

“We are working hard, we are fighting with the manager to try and get the results and turn this season around”.

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“We all have to stick together and we can’t look too far ahead of the next few days”.

Mark Hughes feels'maybe some Manchester United players have not got the character to lift the club