EPL Watch: Norwich beat Man Utd, Chelsea win

Manchester United will face Norwich City on Saturday.

However, United have another five players on the casualty list, and Van Gaal revealed that he may take “risks” with several of them in a bid to end a run of five games without a win.

Attention has turned to who might replace the Dutchman at Old Trafford, with Mourinho, who was sacked by Chelsea this week, and Bayern Munich’s Pep Guardiola among those mentioned as potential candidates.

Asked if Mourinho could be the next United manager, Beckham said: “It would be disrespectful for me to even mention it because Manchester United have got a manager and that is the way it will continue until people decide otherwise”.

“If you look at their recent results, I think they’re strong, they haven’t conceded many goals”.

And, with the pressure building on Van Gaal, he’ll be happy to call upon three more senior members of his squad. I can not judge what is happening at Chelsea but it was a big surprise for me.

Norwich is now 18th in Premier League with only 14 points and they are in a relegation zone, winless in last six out of five games. “I think they’re incredible, so we have to do better for them”.

Van Gaal knows no manager is safe.

Van Gaal, who insisted that, contrary to some reports of dressing room disquiet, the chemistry between himself and his players remains fine, added: “I have the full confidence of my board and my players, I feel”.

“The win was crucial, we haven’t got as many points as we would have liked, we deserve more than what we’ve got on the back of performances. For how hard we worked, I thought we deserved to win”. Please note that comments are automatically checked for inappropriate language and will be removed accordingly.

“Mourinho is a fantastic manager with a record that nobody has in this football world but it [the sack] was still possible”.

“When you start in your first job and the crowd is yelling every week for another coach and that happened to me in my first year at Ajax then that pressure compared to the guy I am now is much higher”. So when you lose, you need the belief of the fans.

“Wayne Rooney and Ander Herrera have trained the full week”.

As for Norwich, the team rises to 16th but Newcastle and Swansea, the next two sides behind, can overtake them by winning their matches this weekend.

However, he did confirm Nick Powell might claim a rare starting berth, but Jesse Lingard and Matteo Darmian would miss the Norwich match through injury, with Ashley Young struggling to feature.