Manchester United head coach Louis van Gaal said on Friday he had total confidence in executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward to deliver the goods for the club in the transfer market.
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“I don’t think they (the critics) have to doubt Ed Woodward because he has proven already for many, many years he is the right person on the right spot”.
Pedro said on chelseafc.com: “He (Mourinho) is one of the main reasons why I’m here”.
Let’s face it, Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney is simply no longer the unstoppable player he once was when he first emerged within the Premier League all those years ago. Van Gaal continued, “I’m very happy with Fellaini”.
United subsequently intimated their interest in the Spain global had cooled and Van Gaal said he was not disappointed to have missed out on signing him.
He added: “You can write what you want, but we cannot say what we want”.
After a busy summer of wheeling and dealing, Woodward secured the signings of Matteo Darmian, Memphis Depay, Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger – the World Cup winning German who could make his first start at the weekend.
Press Association Sport understands Van Gaal has now turned his attention to Southampton winger Sadio Mane. “I can not lie. But I don’t say that I am interested in the player”. We are all still waiting to witness if whether Wayne Rooney has re-energized and is ready to make scores! People have to know that what is writing in the papers is not true because you cannot know.
“You have to wait and see”, the Dutchman explained. Van Gaal has been doing his best to lift Rooney’s spirits as the striker lead the Red Devils’ attack against Club Brugges the other day.
But McClaren says it is far too early to judge how his squad will perform, especially given they were a man down for much of the Swansea defeat.
Sergio Romero is set to keep his place in goal for the Red Devils, with David De Gea expected to remain banished from the first-team squad until his future at the club is resolved.
“I think it’s fantastic that a player admits that”.
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Two players that will not feature though are defenders Marcos Rojo and Phil Jones.
