Van Gaal endured severe criticism from the club’s fans as well as former players over his conservative approach, with the Dutchman facing mounting pressure after United suffered an embarrassing exit from the Champions League at the group stage.
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Now, BBC Sport report that United have already held talks with Mourinho’s representatives over replacing Van Gaal, most probably at the end of the season.
Chelsea interim boss Guus Hiddink says he favours direct football over the possession-based game Manchester United’s Louis van Gaal values so highly.
Van Gaal questioned whether the reporter had spoken to either Ed Woodward, the club’s chief executive, or the Glazers, the owners, to find out what was going on behind the scenes.
“If you look at the selection now to the one I took over there is no comparison”, he said. What is your name?
“In England, you can win the leagues with 75 points, maybe less, so I needed competition”.
“We are unbeaten (since my appointment), but as I said before, if you want to get into fourth place, you must have victories”.
He said of his current unemployment, “I am not enjoying it. To be fully happy I need everything, so I go back to football”.
Juan Mata has also impressed in his preferred number 10 position in the last two games, leading some observers to ask why the Spaniard has not played in that role more often. It is more frustrating they scored in extra time and how they scored because Daley Blind slipped more or less.
The newspaper also suggest that Manuel Pellegrini could eventually end up at Chelsea, which would be a very interesting appointment now that he is deemed surplus to requirements at the Etihad. Manchester United didn’t win here for three years so it is not easy but it is better than last year.
Journalist A: I don’t know if you know what I write…
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“If you’ve seen the images, and the experience of the hyper-extension of the knee joint, then we’ll wait”.
