The reason I thought Moyes was a good choice for United was that utopian concept he could be a “long-term” option, and that was about an absolute disaster.
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And if it proves a bad week results-wise, Van Gaal’s position will surely be looking nothing short of precarious. I think he’s very steely minded, very clear about how he wants the game played.
Mellon is talking at Lilleshall, the national sports and conference centre, in Shropshire, where his players have been preparing for Monday’s FA Cup fifth-round tie at home against United – a game that is probably about as appealing to Louis van Gaal right now as that lukewarm soup.
That loss on Thursday night, to a team two months into a mid-season break, was the latest damaging incident for Van Gaal, whose future as United manager looks increasingly uncomfortable by the match.
Van Gaal has come under increasing pressure after his team’s abject season plunged to a new low last week with an ignominious Europa League defeat to FC Midtjylland. He didn’t impress in the four games he had at the end of the season before last, and he wants Alex Ferguson – the man who welcomed the destructive Glazers to the club – to help him out should he take over before the season is out.
“I’m not looking for a club, but there are clubs that are looking for me”.
Giggs has been the team’s assistant manager since 2014 and was promised of calling the shots for the Red Devils in a hope to unify its players and to calm down the emotions of the fans, who have been wanting for the team to sack Louis van Gaal for his dismal efforts.
“I don’t think Manchester United should become a sacking club”, Moyes told the BBC on Saturday. A player goes in to be lectured and “it’s like you’re facing two Van Gaals!” one said.
“I encourage them all the time to be ambitious, believe they can be Jamie Vardy”.
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“But I don’t believe you’ll know if anybody’s going to be a manager until they’re in that technical area, they get beat and certain things get thrown at them, how they deal with it – that’s when you’ll know”.
