Louis van Gaal: Manchester United boss admits he’s ‘worried’ about getting

Van Gaal, whose men lost away at Bournemouth last weekend and have not won for their last six games, is now under severe pressure and a section of the Manchester United fans chanted Mourinho’s name against Norwich. “It is possible he can play, but we have to wait and see”.

Cameron Jerome gave Norwich the lead with a 38th-minute breakaway and nine minutes after half-time set up Alex Tettey to fire past David de Gea to make it 2-0.

The Red Devils were toothless throughout the game, despite having more than the lion’s share of possession. Guardiola has been linked with Manchester City but that was before United’s form hit the buffers.

It was, in fact, Norwich’s first win in five matches and second in ten.

“I’ve encountered these circumstances also with other teams and other staff”, Van Gaal said. “We have to stick together now and come out of this bad period, but you have seen this is not so easy”, he said, according to the club’s official website.

“We’ve lost three matches in a row”. I’m also convinced about that. We’re working hard out on the training ground on every aspect of the game.

“So, you are always evaluating and of course that philosophy is very important for me”.

The English Premier League’s busy festive period awaits a side in desperate need of some Christmas cheer.

Manchester United are losing at home to Norwich.

Mourinho left Chelsea on Thursday after Roman Abramovich finally felt compelled to act after a disastrous start to their title defence and has indicated a desire to get straight back into management.

Here are the main points from the manager’s post-match interview with MUTV…

If Manchester United are planning for the long-term, they should not be appointing Jose Mourinho, according to Stan Collymore.

“He is immensely proud of his eight trophies at Chelsea and thanks the fans for all their support throughout his two spells at the club”.

Leicester will be top of the table at Christmas after they beat Everton 3-2 in a lively clash.

Substitute Lee Chung-Yong lashed home a sensational victor for crystal palace at stoke to put the eagles level on points with fourth-placed Tottenham.