Jose Mourinho’s sacking by Chelsea dominated the back pages on Friday but had it not been for the downfall of the self proclaimed Special One the vultures would have been circling over Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal. We know that it (losing to Norwich) is not good enough for us.
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“When you start in your first job and the crowd is yelling every week for another coach and that happened to me in my first year at Ajax than that pressure compared to the guy I am now is much higher”. It’s still hard because we are playing in the Premier League, but at home you have to win, and that’s for sure, ‘ Van Gaal, under fire for his tactics all season with fans blaming him for a lack of flair, told a news conference.
Mourinho has won the Champions league twice, with Porto and Inter Milan, while winning the league in four different continents, something no other manager in world football has ever done before.
Had United bought Schweinsteiger prior to Euro 2012, for example, then maybe we’d be talking about a world class player, but instead we’re talking about a player whose legs don’t match his brain. “It is a magnificent result for us but we can’t rest on this”. However, the club is without a win since the start of November – a 1-0 victory over Swansea City.
Van Gaal’s position at United has come under increased scrutiny from supporters, pundits and ex-players following a five-match winless run which has seen United slip to fourth place in the Premier League and go out of the Champions League.
Matteo Darmian and Jesse Lingard are both unavailable to face the Canaries, with Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw and Antonio Valencia also ruled out.
Norwich boss has his own problems with an internal investigation continuing into a late-night city centre scuffle involving goalkeeper John Ruddy.
Manchester United are seemingly going through a forgettable patch once again.
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“Rooney has been out for more or less two weeks so it is possible that he will play but we have to wait and see”. “There is no time frame on it at the moment but hopefully (it will be concluded) as quickly as we can”. He added in an interview with BBC Radio Norfolk: “You are in the public eye, so you have got to try to be on your best behaviour at all times and you represent the club wherever you are”.
