United would have told me about Mourinho talks – Van Gaal

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It is almost 20 years since Sunderland beat Manchester United in the league on Wearside – and they have never had a better chance than today. If you find out whether it’s true, then you know where your fate lies.

“But you will always be compared to your opponents in aggression, and their hunger and aggression was higher than ours”. “We weren’t aggressive enough and it’s very disappointing”.

The defender has been afforded a run in the first-team under Louis van Gaal amid the injury crisis dogging the Red Devils all season.

“Because that is the outcome of what I have said”.

“It was great character from the boys but we also did it against Manchester City when our second-half performance was fantastic”, he told safc.com.

“We had to win this kind of game and we didn’t, so we can only blame ourselves”.

“When you see our results in 2016, when we have that whole season, we are the champions”.

Asked whether finishing in the top four is the minimum requirement for a United manager, Van Gaal said: “Yes”.

Recent speculations have raised over the future of Manchester United manager, Luis Van Gaal.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has called on Paul Scholes to start being more positive when it comes to his assessment of his old club from now on.

Odds by Bet Victor say Van Gaal is 11/4 favourite, previously 9/2, to leave the Old Trafford hotseat although Remi Garde remains the bookies’ favourite to leave his job at Aston Villa next with odds of 9/4.

Van Gaal’s position becomes more hard with every setback, and he knows the consequences of failing to make it into the Champions League could be costly.

“I am not agreeing with that”, the Dutchman said when asked if he was disappointed about any lack of public backing from the club.

The Dutchman seems to have steadied the ship since the turn of the year with only one defeat in eight games although the likelihood of securing a top four finish, and with it the lucrative place in the Champions League, still seems distant.

United will be without Phil Jones, Adnan Januzaj and Guillermo Varela for the trip to Sunderland, but Antonio Valencia and Marcos Rojo are nearing full fitness.