What he has to do for me is analyse the opponent and his explanation of that is very good. Woodward has revealed that they are undergoing a major revaluation of their academy and will make necessary changes to bring it to the desired level in the upcoming few years.
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Despite Woodward’s upbeat message, uncertainty continues to swirl around United manager Louis van Gaal, who has battled speculation about his future for several months.
Unlike when David Moyes was under pressure, United have failed to intimate that Van Gaal has their backing.
Van Gaal spoke about Memphis, who is 22 on Saturday, in both his exclusive MUTV interview and press conference on Friday, asserting the summer signing’s sparkling performance for Warren Joyce’s side will stand him in good stead for the first-team challenges ahead.
“I am not agreeing with that, ” the Dutchman said when asked if it would be better for the club to say something on the matter. “I’m not going to put any forecasts on what is going to happen at this club”.
Mitten also claimed that should Mourinho succeed Van Gaal in the summer, it will mostly likely spell the end of Giggs’ long tenure with the club.
“Those questions on where to start his career in management are for Ryan, not for me, Van Gaal told The Independent”. I have “been sacked” three times and now it is about negotiations starting with Mourinho. The club’s executive chairman was praised for overseeing a record quarter, which saw the club’s boast quarterly revenues of £133.8m, up 26.6% from the previous year, but had to address the issue of United’s lavish spending, which hasn’t exactly produced the most fruitful results.
The Red Devils are now ranked just fifth in the Premier League table and didn’t survive the group stages of the Champions League.
“No”, said van Gaal.
“I am always involved [in these discussions] because I am the manager”.
“We have lost in December four matches in a row and when you see us playing now you can only say that we care, we are mentally very strong and we can cope with the pressure”.
However, the focus for the side will be on getting the three points and they will need to do so if their European hopes are to stay alive.
“It’s also dependent on your competitors”, said van Gaal.
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“I will give my players a day off (on Sunday), so they can spoil their woman and I am spoiling my woman every day”, he added with a chuckle. I have to say that we are doing great in that perspective.
