Van Gaal is under heavy pressure after his side’s underwhelming season took a serious turn for the worse with a dismal 2-1 defeat to Danish minnows FC Midtjylland on Thursday.
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All four of our pundits believe United’s hopes of a top-four finish are over but do they think the Old Trafford hierarchy should continue to stand by the beleaguered Dutchman?
Although he has a phenomenal track record for short-team success, the Special One often leaves a trail of destruction behind him, as with Inter Milan and Chelsea, and Giggs would not lead United into trouble.
De Gea joins an horrendous injury list for van Gaal which now also features Sam Johnstone, Marcos Rojo, Phil Jones, Luke Shaw, Antonio Valencia, Guillermo Varela, Ashley Young, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Marouane Fellaini, Adnan Januzaj and Wayne Rooney. I keep redoing it. I lost probably five players in the first month.
There have been reports of talks between Mourinho’s advisers together with Manchester United officials in order to fast track the Portuguese taking over the team from the under fire Louis van Gaal.
“He’s letting everybody know that these guys are behind him”.
Shrewsbury Town manager Micky Mellon laughed off suggestions that Sunday’s FA Cup fifth-round opponents Manchester United are experiencing tough times ahead of their match.
“His hands are tied”.
“It is something that is not ideal and sure, we want everyone fit, but I can’t make any excuses”.
“It seems there are too many chiefs at Manchester United”.
One United fans is sat playing dominoes in the Tavern with his pal and he thinks the time to act is now, if they are to avoid losing out on Jose to another European club. Now they’ve got a man with a CV which they thought was enough for them, but it’s proving to be incorrect. “So, I don’t think they should (sack him)”. What sometimes happens at this level is that the ambition goes, then the imagination goes, and you can’t improve them. I really don’t know.
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That Van Gaal will be clearing out that office and putting that picture in bubble wrap has become a question of when rather than if.
