Mauricio Pochettino has admitted he needs to add more firepower to his Tottenham ranks following the 1-0 defeat at Manchester United.
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Van Gaal, celebrating his 64th birthday, again warned the Spanish giants that they meet United’s asking price if they are to land the 24-year-old before the transfer window closes.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has suggested that the absence of David De Gea will not hinder Manchester United’s title hopes this year.
“Should David choose to walk out the door next summer, when his contract expires, then so be it. But United don’t need the cash and they can afford to be strong”.
Although United’s goal came against the run of play and Tottenham threatened an equaliser towards the end, van Gaal believed his team deserved the victory.
‘We observed him against Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, and it was not the same David de Gea as a year ago. “When the situation is cleared after 1 September, we’ll look again”.
De Gea has been included in United’s Champions League squad for the two-legged play-off against Club Brugge. I cannot say that, I’m not the most important part.
But Smalling was impressed with the Argentina international’s performance, who expertly denied Harry Kane from equalising ten minutes from time. We have to pay a lot for players we want and we want to sell at same level.
When asked whether the Spaniard could still play for his side, Van Gaal replied: “Of course he could”.
“But I think with the way we played, especially the way we started, gives us some positive things to take away with us”.
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“[The injury to Jones] was very peculiar because he had the whole week tightness in his calf and he kept training but we have a very good doctor I think because this doctor discovered a minor thrombosis”.
