Current united boss Louis Van Gaal is now in a poor run in the premier league with a 5 game winless streak and is beginning to lose portions of the Old Trafford fan base as they grow frustrated by the clubs lack of attacking flair.
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Norwich City players celebrate Cameron Jerome’s opener in a famous 2-1 Premier League win at Manchester United.
Asked about José Mourinho’s sacking by Chelsea on Thursday, Van Gaal said: “It was a big surprise for me”.
“I have the full confidence of my board and players, that is what I feel”, Van Gaal said. “It’s like that, managers know in advance, it’s this world”.
However, Van Gaal insists that morale remains high in his squad and dismissed claims that he is under more pressure now than he’s ever experienced in his managerial career.
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.
“I’ve encountered these circumstances also with other teams and other staff. The main thing is that you have to be professional and do the things that you have to do and work very hard to come out of this bad period”. “John Ruddy at the moment is under an internal investigation from the club as to what happened, and that is basically as much as I can say on that until that is concluded”, the Norwich manager said at a press conference. But in reality, he thinks the pressure that was on him at Ajax when he started in 1991 was greater than it is now.
“I’m just really pleased for the players, mainly because a lot of questions have been posed of myself and them”, he told Norwich City TV afterwards. For me, it is just about trying to get as many points as I can for my team to get us safe.
“The board of directors can see what you can do as a manager in practice but the fans cannot see that so when you lose, you need the belief of the fans”.
“I’m delighted for the players”.
Despite Manchester United being fourth in the Premier League table and despite they are still a strong title contenders, Louis van Gaal is under big pressure.
– Wayne Rooney became the 10th player to make 500 appearances for Manchester United in all competitions.
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You always have to believe until the end that you can score, firstly to equalise and then win the game.
