Van Gaal On Ronaldo Rumours

Under a fading -November sun, this victory by Louis van Gaal’s team against a spirited Watford side was achieved through the latest winning goal recorded in a game by Manchester United since Sir Alex Ferguson retired.

Six years ago, the Portuguese superstar left for Real Madrid for a then world record fee of £80 million (S$172 million today) after helping United win three Premier League titles as well as the Champions League.

Ronaldo would be welcomed with open arms at United, but the forward might not fit into van Gaal’s “disciplined” system, say media experts Steve Bates of The Sunday People and the Daily Mail’s Martin Samuel. Not only that, they were starved of first team players.

According to BBC, Van Gaal said that he is out to get top players, including Ronaldo, to Manchester United saying as hard as that may be, there in need to put in an effort.

“With Ronaldo, let’s wait and hope”, LVG added.

Manchester United had 13 shots on goal and created numerous chances during the match, in a marked change from their usual possession play that has drawn such criticism from Manchester United fans. I don’t think there is a trainer in the world that doesn’t like him.

The 21-year-old is one of Italy’s hottest prospects but has struggled for playing time in Serie A. In the first half, it was easy to question why Watford weren’t keeping the ball better and why they weren’t putting United under more pressure.

Warrington-born Lingard has impressed boss Louis van Gaal and his No. 2 Ryan Giggs as well as former Old Trafford icon Paul Scholes. “But these players are mostly ungettable”, the Dutchman was quoted as saying by several British newspapers yesterday. We didn’t give more than three chances away, one in the first half and two in the second. “We were really exhausted and we suffered a lot against Arsenal, so I wanted to stick with the players who have trained with us in the last ten days – except Odion Ighalo”.

“I was very satisfied about our defensive organisation”. We were playing Man United and, if you are not completely ready, Man United is better than your team to be honest.

“That happens in football and it was very unfortunate for Luke Shaw”.

The absences of Anthony Martial and Wayne Rooney gave a few explanation for the slender 1-0 lead at the break, as did the departure of Ander Herrera after 25 minutes.