Earlier this year Garcia said Manchester was “not very nice, that’s for sure” and described her adopted home town as “uglier than the back of a fridge”.
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“I don’t know if they are seeking out the news or they want to be controversial, but it surprises me when I saw everywhere this sentence that I have never said”.
“Sometimes it is a little bit turbulent up until that deadline day and then, once that comes and goes and the player is still at the club, then I’m afraid he just has to get on with it. You might even see him sign a new contract at Manchester United”. Often, everything from a glance at his watch, instructions to his players, to the more obvious art of substitutions was carefully laid out to intimidate United’s opponents. David Moyes inherited a Premier League winning team under Ferguson and couldn’t even lead it into Europe with the support of multiple high-profile signings.
In came Louis van Gaal previous year.
United were right to pursue Ramos given the immediate boost that he would have given to their squad and there is still great room for optimism given the players they have already signed this summer and the fact that Barcelona’s Pedro may still arrive.
Late moves in the market before September 2 could plug the holes, but this is now, to all intents and purposes, a United squad of Van Gaal’s design.
Last season Van Gaal was given something of a free pass, but that was always likely to be the case after the club’s tumultuous term under David Moyes in 2013-14.
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Van Gaal hasn’t quite been able to complete the set though.
