Goalkeeper happy in Manchester

The 65-year-old’s admitted he wants more “speed” in attack and he’s looking to bring the right players in in January. Until Rooney snaps out of his funk or Louis van Gaal drops his captain, the debate will run and run.

“He was an undisputed starter before and Player of the Year at United”.

Bastian Schweinsteiger has backed Louis van Gaal to achieve as much success with Manchester United as he managed at Bayern Munich and pleaded with fans to be patient and wait for the Dutch coach’s ideas to take root.

United have only conceded one goal in their last seven matches in all competitions and are just two points off the top of the Premier League table after 12 games of the season. He inherited a exhausted, confidence deprived squad that had finished 7th in the league the previous season and passed his first goal of getting United back into Europe in his first season.

Louis Van Gaal isn’t happy or complacent despite his side’s 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. I certainly wouldn’t have fancied trying to play that role and I always had a partner alongside me.

“He is a very good friend, we last spoke two or three days ago”, said De Gea.

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“I would like a lot to play with him again, hopefully it can happen”.

The video has had nearly 90,000 views since it was posted to Portaloise’s Facebook page on Sunday and is the latest viral hit of Van Gaal.

Dwight Yorke, a member of the club’s treble-winning team in 1999, said: “The legacy that Sir Alex (Ferguson) has left behind after 26 years has meant we’re used to seeing a certain type of football”.

“When you are yelling “attack, attack, attack” and you attack for 85 minutes, you have to think as a fan; ‘is it alright to yell?'”

De Gea added: “The first game I returned, after all that had happened, was impressive”. He has not always played at centre-forward, though; according to WhoScored.com, he has done so in eight of his 13 appearances in the league and Champions League proper combined. Roy Keane recently on ITV’s Europa League highlights coverage said “if Ashley Young is a United player I’m a Chinaman”.

More prominent use of Pereira, along with the introduction of future stars like Axel Tuanzebe and Timothy Fosu Mensah could buy Van Gaal time from the fans to work on improving the rest of the team.