“I said I wanted a title and I am very happy but it is very important for the club”.
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United head in to the weekend action sitting fifth in the Premier League table and four points adrift of fourth-placed Manchester City so they desperately need a win over Villa to give their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League a major boost.
The Everton game is a rematch of the 2009 FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, which Everton won on penalties.
“I don’t know because I was not there and at that time, I was occupied with my club at that time, but you can not compare”.
Michael Carrick has little doubt Marcus Rashford has a bright future ahead of him at Manchester United following his rise to prominence. “A lot of things have changed in all the clubs where I have worked and because of that I’m here, I’m selected by Manchester United not because I’m a lousy manager”.
“(Rooney) always wants to play”, Van Gaal said.
He said: “I don’t discuss that with you”.
“I think one of the prime reasons is that they have a very young team”, he continued when asked what he felt was the root cause for United’s struggles.
Rashford, who struck in the 2-1 midweek cup victory at West Ham, has scored six goals in his first 11 appearances for United, while it took Ronaldo 40 matches to reach the same total.
Unfortunately for van Gaal, he will have to do so without one of his stronger assets.
Despite being sold by Van Gaal last summer after the Dutchman decided that the 27-year-old didn’t fit his style of play, Hernandez only had good things to say about his former manager – saying that he appreciated the honestly shown to him. “I don’t agree with what you want to suggest, we have to wait and see”.
Only season ticket holders and official Manchester United members in possession of a match ticket for the semi-final are eligible for the coach travel.
“Tomorrow is going to be down to how strong we can be with the squad really, really stretched”. “The prognosis is still to come and it is better to do that after two days but it is not so heavy [an injury] we think so we will have to see”.
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“Of course it is fantastic what Marcus has done until now”.
