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Van Gaal has received assurances over future but could resign
Louis van Gaal has hinted he could resign as Manchester United boss despite receiving assurances over his future.
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Dutchman Van Gaal has overseen a seven-match winless run in which United have been eliminated from the Champions League and fallen out of the Premier League´s top four.
“The club doesn’t have to fire or sack me – sometimes I do it by myself”, the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager told reporters.
The Red Devils will host Chelsea at Old Trafford on Monday, and it remains to be seen whether Van Gaal manages to cling on to his job until the Premier League champions arrive in Manchester.
Attempting to knock a bouncing ball back to his goalkeeper David de Gea with a diving header, Memphis Depay only succeeded in gifting the ball to Stoke right back Glen Johnson who crossed for Bojan to stab home.
‘It is more hard because I am also part of the four matches we have lost so people are looking at me and I have to deal with that, but more importantly the players have to deal with that because they are the ones who have to perform,’ he said.
A day after British astronaut Tim Peake displayed a Stoke flag on the International Space Station, the central England team was in a different orbit to United in the first half.
And the mission facing United became even tougher in the 26th minute.
United was spared further misery before the interval when Arnautovic ran onto Krkic’s throughball but missed the target with his shot. There was an accurate low cross from which Marouane Fellaini should have scored, but Rooney’s lack of confidence showed when he opted to pass to Juan Mata in the box rather than go for goal himself on another occasion.
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United midfielder Michael Carrick said that Van Gaal still had the support of his players. We’re not playing well enough as a team, as a squad, and [we must] do a lot better.