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| Louis van Gaal warns Manchester United players of ‘rough’ summer ahead of clearout | |
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| Louis van Gaal has warned he will be ruthless this summer when it comes to offloading players, saying it will be rough for those no longer required. The Manchester United manager also singled out David de Gea as impressing most this season, despite the goalkeeper appearing set to leave for Real Madrid, and the Spaniard was duly crowned the Players and Fans player of the year at the award ceremony on Tuesday night. | |
| While the Dutchman said there could be many incomings, Robin van Persie, Radamel Falcao, Ángel Di María, Rafael da Silva and Anders Lindegaard are among those who may depart while Adnan Januzaj could be loaned out. “It shall be a rough summer for some of the players but I think a club like Manchester United has to be like that,” he said. | |
| Van Gaal expects it to be a busy close season in the transfer market. “Of course it’s always like that. I don’t think you have to keep the whole selection – when you purchase others players you get another stimulus also,” he said, pointing to how competition should increase overall quality within the squad. | Van Gaal expects it to be a busy close season in the transfer market. “Of course it’s always like that. I don’t think you have to keep the whole selection – when you purchase others players you get another stimulus also,” he said, pointing to how competition should increase overall quality within the squad. |
| Van Gaal pointed to De Gea’s progress when asked who has made the greatest impact in his first season as manager. “I think – he’s enormous popular with the fans – David de Gea. In the beginning of the season as a manager I observed him, I analysed him and then I see his progress in the season – it’s fantastic development from him. As a manager you look from that perspective. That’s why David de Gea has impressed me the most because of this development. | |
| it will be tough to challenge Chelsea for the title next season. “It shall be difficult. It is not easy in the Premier League. You can lose from every opponent. But I have confidence in the players and myself and the organisation.” | |
| The Dutchman won the Champions League with Ajax in 1995 and took Bayern Munich to the 2010 final. With Van Gaal having guided the club back into the competition – as a minimum they will be in August’s play-off round to enter the group stage – he said: “I have a very good record in the Champions League and I hope I can show this.” | The Dutchman won the Champions League with Ajax in 1995 and took Bayern Munich to the 2010 final. With Van Gaal having guided the club back into the competition – as a minimum they will be in August’s play-off round to enter the group stage – he said: “I have a very good record in the Champions League and I hope I can show this.” |
| At the prospect of returning to the European Cup after only a single season’s absence, Wayne Rooney said: “Our main objective was to get back into the Champions League and we’ve done that. We’ve got the quality to push on next season and I believe we can go on and win silverware. It was very important.” | At the prospect of returning to the European Cup after only a single season’s absence, Wayne Rooney said: “Our main objective was to get back into the Champions League and we’ve done that. We’ve got the quality to push on next season and I believe we can go on and win silverware. It was very important.” |
| The captain and former Everton player aimed a dig at Liverpool. “If you look at Liverpool what happened to them they were without it for years – which was no shame,” he said. | The captain and former Everton player aimed a dig at Liverpool. “If you look at Liverpool what happened to them they were without it for years – which was no shame,” he said. |
| Van Gaal offered a message to fans. “I can promise I can do my utmost best, that we shall fight to the end and more we cannot do,” he said. “And that we make the right decisions when you purchase players and when players are leaving the club – it is a natural process – and that the fans are not forgetting that.” | Van Gaal offered a message to fans. “I can promise I can do my utmost best, that we shall fight to the end and more we cannot do,” he said. “And that we make the right decisions when you purchase players and when players are leaving the club – it is a natural process – and that the fans are not forgetting that.” |