And it was the adventurous display of Italian full-back Darmian that drew the most praise from Van Gaal.
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“Manchester United will have to pay a huge price for Cillessen”, De Boer is quoted as saying by Metro.
The Ajax goalkeeper has been linked with a move to Man United all summer and speculation is set to intensify as the summer transfer window begins to wind down.
Cillessen did not respond well, kicking a water bottle as he walked off the pitch, but the tactic worked as Krul saved two spot-kicks to send Holland through to the semi-finals.
The former goalkeeper, who served the club for eight successful years, is keen for De Gea to stay, but believes that if a player wants to leave, the club should respect his wishes and move on.
However, Bosnich insisted that the Tottenham man Lloris would be a much better option for the Dutch manager.
“We trained until Tuesday or Wednesday with David de Gea (in goal)”.
However, Cillessen was adamant that he has not spoken with United or van Gaal about a switch.
The Australian spoke to the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast and said, “I’m not 100 per cent certain about him [Cillessen]”.
“And he’s proven in the Premier League and that’s very important”. The message to De Gea is that he has to sort his head out.
The 24-year-old goalkeeper made 37 Premier League appearances during Louis van Gaal’s first season in charge at Old Trafford.
Despite a lack of attacking threat, Van Gaal says he will only dip into the transfer market for a forward if he has stellar quality.
“Of course when the situation has been cleared after September 1 we will look again“.
“I need to play games but on the other hand I am contracted to Manchester United so I have to see what happens here first”.
Memphis Depay is confident he will be able to cope with the pressure of wearing the famous number seven for Manchester United.
However, even if he appeared in either of the matches – which take place on August 18 and August 26 – he would still be eligible to represent another club in the group stages of the competition this season, according to UEFA rules.
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Should Madrid show no sign of being willing to raise their offer, De Gea could be selected against Brugge. “But it’s true that when you make a mistake when you have the player in front of you like Rooney, like Depay, like (Ashley) Young then will get a chance and score”.
