“I want to spare Michael Carrick for other matches”.
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Without doing anything extravagant, Schweinsteiger, who has eight Bundesliga titles to his name, once again proved why, with time, he should be a shrewd acquisition for van Gaal before being replaced by Carrick in the second half. It is the same with us. Rather than join the Red Devils, Pedro will turn out for Chelsea after the Blues paid £21 million for the 28-year-old.
“When you ask me if Pedro is fitting in the profile, I can not lie, then I said yes, but I don’t say I am interested in the player, that’s the difference”, the Dutchman said.
“My standards he knows already, he knows what I want from a striker, how he has to perform, he thinks he can do it and I do also, otherwise I wouldn’t put him in that position”. So, because there was a (release) clause in his (Barcelona) contract and it was the most easy of transfers.
“Because every day I am updated by him and I trust him”.
As the De Gea transfer saga continues, Van Gaal has said the United goalkeeper will not be sold despite continued interest from Real.
The United skipper, who is yet to find the net this year, admitted in midweek that his performance in the 1-0 win over Aston Villa was not good enough.
Van Gaal says that Woodward is capable of bringing the players he wants to Old Trafford and dismissed any suggestions of a rift between the pair.
When asked after the match whether United’s performance meant he needed to sign more forwards, the United manager said: “No, because we were three times the best team”.
Van Gaal was full of praise for his defence, who have managed to keep three consecutive clean sheets in the league.
He added: “I can not answer that question neither because I can not interfere”.
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The Manchester United manager also feels his players made some questionable decisions in the final third, but stressed that he was happy that they played like a team and didn’t give up until the final whistle. “Ed Woodward does the situation and he does it very well I think”.
