‘Van Gaal To Blame For Rooney Slump’

Behind him were Van Gaal’s players, a few of whom, like Franck Ribéry, had found his training methods hard to fathom and the sessions joyless.

The 22-year-old’s movement, positional sense and ability to run beyond the striker or run at defenders is making United more entertaining as well as effective. But there’s so many things that have changed over the last five years.

There are other Mancunians at the club who are striving for their own opportunities and ensuring that, despite the global appeal of United, there remains a real attachment to the city. “In Munich, if you remember, it took a while before the team understood exactly how he wants to play football”.

“But me, Giggsy, Scholesy, Butty, the Nevs, we were all lucky that we were part of an era with Sir Alex Ferguson”.

“It is not about October or November – it is about May. They have good players at United, so I’m sure they will do well”.

However, the Mexican forward seems to have found his form only recently, as he has scored eight of these goals in his last six matches across all competitions.

For reasons that are unclear to anyone but van Gaal himself, Juan Mata has rarely been deployed in his favored central attacking position. He also starred in United’s win against CSKA Moscow in the Champions League group encounter.

The promotion of youth has always be a hallmark of the Louis Van Gaal way.

“They are fourth in the league, two points behind the leaders”, he said.

Rooney has only netted twice in the Premier League this season, and was substituted during the 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion at the weekend. What he meant was that they should not leave themselves overexposed. The goalkeeper almost moved to Real Madrid at the summer transfer deadline, but instead he ended up signing a new deal to stay at Old Trafford when the transaction did not happen. “From outside, you see a person with a lot of character, which is what he is”.

“We arrived at Miami yesterday, so a different preparation than I’m used to”.

“It happens, but you have to find solutions and this is where we can still improve to make it easier for ourselves”.

“But it is not exclusive to England”.