Juan Mata urges Manchester United to win the Europa League

Rio Ferdinand has revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson would never have told his players to be “horny”.

Barely a day goes by without fevered discussion about Van Gaal’s future at Old Trafford, and it could be on even more shaky ground if United are eliminated by little-known Danish club FC Midtjylland after the second leg of the Europa League’s first knockout round on Thursday.

Being in the Champions League is likely a minimum requirement for Van Gaal if he is to stay on for a third season at United.

Louis van Gaal breathed a sigh of relief as his Manchester United team avoided an FA Cup upset by beating League One Shrewsbury Town 3-0 in the fifth round. “I was very sad and frustrated because of the game, because of the result and because of our away fans – but not because of the media criticism”. “The first time for the club and also win the Europa League to qualify for the Champions League”, the Spain global said.

“Most of the players shall be -excited and it will be the match of their lives for majority”.

“I think Midtjylland has a very good organisation, very detailed”, he added.

“You see players of that quality getting free kicks around the area you always know you’re going to be in trouble”.

“Freebies are our speciality, so we consider this an investment in to the “up turn” in the team’s fortunes”.

“The word desire is fantastic”, he said at his pre-match press conference. They are ahead, so the -circumstances are better for Midtjylland.

“We have to disorganise their organisation so we have to be very creative”.

“We’re sure Louis van Gaal won’t need to think long and hard about these decisions”.

Midfielder Juan Mata, who -admitted he has been stung by the criticism his performances have -attracted, revealed the players had been surprised by their manager’s choice of phrase.