Mourinho would be a popular appointment if he were to replace Van Gaal.
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The case for Van Gaal is slightly different as Manchester United’s lack of attacking flair, Rooney’s poor form and injury problems all point to Van Gaal’s inability to manage the situation at Manchester United and is perceived as ineptitude by the Dutchman.
Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is widely tipped to succeed Van Gaal should the Manchester United board opt for a change, with some newspapers in the UK reporting that talks are already underway.
Manchester United’s winless run was extended to six games as Norwich City claimed a shock Barclays Premier League victory at Old Trafford.
Anthony Martial’s second-half strike acted as mere consolation as Norwich inflicted United’s first defeat at Old Trafford this season thanks to goals in either half from Cameron Jerome and Alexander Tettey.
On Saturday’s evidence, the players are not playing for Van Gaal and the fans, while not openly turning against him, are also drawing the line at giving him their full support, but Giggs is in an awkward position.
In black and white Louis van Gaal knows now what he has to try and do to keep his job at Old Trafford. We know that it (losing to Norwich) is not good enough for us.
“Only in football can you lose a dressing room at one club and walk straight into another job where the previous man had done the same. The lads are absolutely fully focused on performing well for the manager, the fans and ourselves week in, week out”. It is also confirmation we are in a very bad period and we have to come out of that bad period.
Jose Mourinho would be the flawless manager to galvanise the Manchester United players and get the club back to winning ways, according to Alan Shearer.
“The Manager’s been positive, he’s just been the same as us – devastated when we have lost games, the same as any would”. ‘We need to win as soon as possible. I think it became pretty glum under David Moyes and it was unfortunate.
‘It’s another very hard day for us, but the only thing we can do now is stick together and hope that we get the win in the next game because we need it.
“You can see what it meant to the players and the fans at the end because we don’t want to be down near the bottom end of the table”.
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“But for me it is just about trying to get as many points as I can for my team”.
