United determined to put things right at Stoke: Young

The visitors have fallen out of the top four in the Premier League as well as crashing out of the Champions League and League Cup in a run that has seen them win just three times in 13 games.

Van Gaal’s men are also nine points behind leaders Leicester City with Arsenal and Manchester City also comfortably ahead.

It was a puzzling decision by van Gaal to leave both Schneiderlin and Herrera on the bench against the Canaries and the hope is that he realises the error of his ways.

“We have to be happy because we gave 100 per cent but sometimes that’s not enough and it wasn’t this time”, he added.

Jose Mourinho’s agent, Jorge Mendes, has attempted to quell the escalating transfer rumours linking the sacked Chelsea boss with a mid-season move to Manchester United.

“The most important support is from the players because the players have to do it on the pitch and the chemistry between the players and the manager and his staff is very important”. “He had it obviously being around Sir Alex Ferguson for so many years, and now he’s assistant manager”.

Young insists spirits remain high in the dressing room with the whole squad concentrating on turning the current situation around as soon as possible.

Manchester United boss Louis Van Gaal is under huge pressure and so changes are expected in what is a must-win game for the Dutch coach. But, and no disrespect to either team, they are losing to Bournemouth and Norwich now. “We’ve got that team spirit to show the strength that we can turn things around”.

“No matter how tough the situation can be, I’m not even thinking about giving up”.

He said: “We have got a few ideas but whether they lead to anything significant we will have to wait and see”.

“I was confident that we were going to get the three points on Saturday in Old Trafford, but that was not the case”, he wrote.