Not exact matches
Another player not fulfilling his potential at United, Angel Di Maria has been the victim of some strange tactics by van
Gaal and is now said to be keen on
leaving the
club this
summer instead of getting used to the Dutchman's system.
Man United lack a real defensive leader, van
Gaal having seen both Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic
leave the
club last
summer, and Otamendi's displays for
club and country over the past year have been of the highest quality.
With Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez the only senior recognised strikers
left at the
club following the departures of Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao earlier in the
summer, van
Gaal hinted that a deal for an unnamed striker was in place [via Guardian Sport] and it now seems he may well have a battle on his hands to bring Llorente to Old Trafford.
One of van
Gaal's key jobs at Old Trafford this
summer will be bringing in central defenders, with experienced partnership Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic both having
left the
club on free transfers this
summer.
2) Danny Welbeck The current Manchester United striker has been linked with a move away from the
club, but Louis Van
Gaal has neither denied or confirmed reports that Welbeck will
leave the
club this
summer.
United continue to publicly back Van
Gaal, who is under contract at Old Trafford for another year, but the Dutchman appears increasingly certain to
leave the
club in the
summer even if he manages to guide them into next season's Champions League.
In a
summer that saw a number of senior players
leave Old Trafford, as well as the sale of Angel Di Maria, who had only arrived at the
club 10 months earlier in a record - breaking transfer from Real Madrid during Van
Gaal's first transfer window.
If the pair do indeed
leave the
club this
summer, Van
Gaal will see # 500,000 shifted off his weekly wage bill, and the
club have already revealed that they have the funds to launch a move for Bale should they wish to do so even though they have agreed a reported # 23m deal to sign Memphis Depay from PSV Eindhoven.
Jose Mourinho is desperate to have a deal in place before the squad
leaves for Los Angeles on Sunday, which may be cutting it fine but in the
summer of 2015, United signed both Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin hours before heading to the United States of America on the
club's pre-season tour and their defence of the International Champions Cup which Louis van
Gaal had won the previous
summer, beating Liverpool in the final in Miami.
Manchester United boss, Louis van
Gaal, has insisted the
club will not allow David De Gea
leave Manchester United this
summer.
The former Chelsea boss has been consistently linked with United if Louis van
Gaal leaves the
club in the
summer, although Mourinho was keen to emphasise no agreement is in place.