Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has tipped Leicester as potential Premier League champions as record-chasing Jamie Vardy aims to fire the surprise leaders to another stunning victory on Saturday.
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Manchester United midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin says they’ll be wary facing Jamie Vardy on Saturday at Leicester City.
“He was already last season a very nasty player for us”, van Gaal said. “We want to take this game and win; we’ll make sure that Leicester find it hard”, said Schneiderlin.
“He scores, he provoked a penalty, now scoring 10 goals in a row, he is a great player”.
“I only know, for example, Dennis Bergkamp as a player with me did the same with Ajax and that is not so easy”. “I have to compare every player, then I think with playing like that, we are stronger”. “It is just fortunate that I’ve been amongst the goals and it has taken me on this run that I never would have thought would have happened but here I am with a chance of breaking it [the record]”.
Captain Vincent Kompany has been badly missed and faces another fortnight out with a calf problem, while David Silva and Samir Nasri are also sidelined and goalkeeper Joe Hart was injured in the midweek Champions League loss at Juventus. To the question of whether the boos at the end of Wednesday’s goalless home draw with PSV Eindhoven were a worry, he said: “Of course, because the fans have to be happy, you are playing for the fans so you can not deny that”.
“It will be quite interesting because Leicester are a team who have no pressure and they play with no pressure and have quality”, he said.
“And we are still not lucky with finishing the chances, because we are creating chances”.
“Certainly during the final three seasons under Sir Alex it was more a case of us getting over the line than anything cavalier”.
The 19-year-old was tracked by a number of clubs both in the Premier League and the Championship, but Wilson believes that he could not turn down a move to Chris Hughton’s side.
“I think that our defensive organisation is normally the best part of our game and, after that match against Leicester, we are proving that we have very good defensive organisation and we have proved that this season more than ever”. If I got tight then I would have to rely on my centre-back partner to cover behind me if the striker then turned me and got away. Manchester United will remain without Ander Herrera, Phil Jones, Antonio Valencia and Luke Shaw, while Michael Carrick and Jesse Lingard are doubts.
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The Leicester boss signed Martial for Monaco from Lyon in 2013, before United shelled out £36 million ($76.5m) to bring him to Old Trafford in the summer.
