He refused to comment on the job when he was questioned at a boxing match on Saturday night.
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“Yes, Jose will upset people and if you are a young player at Old Trafford such as Marcus Rashford you’ll be a little nervous given the manager’s poor track record with giving youth a chance”.
As a result of United’s win, West Ham United have qualified for next season’s Europa League despite their seventh-placed finish in the Premier League.
“You have to set standards and we fell below them this season”. The club wanted me to sign for three years, not me.
“Every year we want to improve”.
The former England worldwide, who played for United from 1995-2005 and was first-team coach under David Moyes in 2013-14, told BBC Radio 5 live’s Sportsweek: “For as long as I’ve known it you’ve got to be the best at Manchester United. No. I’m sorry. It is not”.
It was a victory that clearly meant so much to Van Gaal as the normally impassive manager raced from his seat in the technical area to celebrate Lingard’s victor.
Jesse Lingard sealed the deal for Van Gaal’s men with a spectacular volley into the back of the net.
United skipper Wayne Rooney declined to talk about Mourinho, saying: “I don’t want to speak about Louis van Gaal leaving”. He’s delighted that we won the cup.
“Winning trophies lifts the club and the supporters. I just hope the manager stays”. We knew they’ve got individual players who can do special things.
United showed the fighting spirit often lacking under van Gaal to provide a winning end to the campaign.
Palace were on course for a shock victory after local hero and substitute Jason Puncheon fired them ahead with just 12 minutes remaining. But within three minutes, Rooney cut across the Palace defence before whipping in a cross for Juan Mata to equalise.
He said: “We’ve all had a tough time but that’s part of playing for Man United”. Van Gaal has managed to end the club’s rare trophy drought, and the Dutchman has titles in four countries in management.
“I don’t want to speak about how Louis van Gaal has been because he’s still our manager and he’s still in his job”.
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An FA Cup win should not gloss over the fact that Van Gaal should have been sacked in December when United were knocked out of the Champions League and lost consecutive games to Norwich City, Bournemouth and Stoke City.
