Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal. Yet he has always cited supporters’ belief in him as a prime factor in his desire to continue.
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The Old Trafford torment has fuelled reports of meetings with Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho writing a letter to United leaders.
“You can not say that they [fans] are not right”.
When United lost 2-0 at Stoke City on Boxing Day Ed Woodward, the executive vice-chairman, chose not to sack Van Gaal despite José Mourinho being available.
ESPN also reported that the Portuguese had undertaken a deep and detailed charm offensive – in the form of a letter – to convince United that he is their man.
“It is absolutely ridiculous and totally absurd”, Jorge Mendes said in a statement on his website.
“Clearly we all hope the results would be better and we are all disappointed with that”, said Gill. “This is undoubtedly a season of underachievement”.
But regarding the much-needed arrival of creative talents, van Gaal said: “I think one player can not change everything”.
“This provided a microcosm of the problems under Van Gaal”.
“I think the 20 Premier League teams will probably be in the top 30 revenue earners in European football so it gives every team a real ability to attract top players”.
Yes, results had improved recently, but the style of play has not. “We want attacking football and I am sure that will be a key part going forward”. “We have to stick together”.
“(On Saturday), I don’t think we have entertained the fans, so they can be very angry”.
Manchester United’s board is reportedly split over who to appoint as their next manager. “It’s not for me – I’m not the spokesperson for Man Utd”.
Rumours began circulating that the 74-year-old had said: “He’s gone”, while other’s argued he was simply saying: “I don’t know”. “I’m not privy to the conversations”. We want to do that.
The former Barcelona goalkeeper, who has played just twice since signing an 18-month deal a year ago, is being sent out on loan until the end of the season to Standard Liege in Belgium. We don’t want booing, we want cheering.
But he must have had a hand in that too and it’s hard to imagine United, whatever was going on behind the scenes, would be worse off with Ángel di María, Robin van Persie, Danny Welbeck, Javier Hernández and even Tom Cleverley and Darren Fletcher in their squad.
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The Dutchman acknowledged United were feeling the heat again after the defeat ended a mini-revival following a very poor run in December. But when we have won, then they were not so angry anymore, and that’s football.
