Jurgen Klopp rejected approach to become Manchester United manager

“Maybe it shall take a longer time but I can not imagine that it shall be the same for Manchester United: it’s too big, too well organised and we have infrastructure and we are improving that every year”, Van Gaal said, according to The Guardian.

Firmino has begun to prove his doubters wrong courtesy of a splendid performance against Arsenal where he scored twice and came close a couple more times. True there have been ups and downs, but Klopp’s arrival has reinvigorated Anfield, and many including Sir Alex is anxious that Klopp might lead a renaissance at Liverpool.

Klopp’s contrasting style of in-game management was another talking point for the Sunday journalists, who were keen to know why van Gaal doesn’t patrol the technical area like his animated Liverpool counterpart.

“It is an area I think we have been light in this season”.

“I did not hear about a real offer but, if there was, I could not have done it. I first had to finish the job with Dortmund and then think about other things”.

Liverpool and Manchester United is one English football’s glamour fixtures.

Former Manchester United defender David May believes it is imperative his old club qualify for the Champions League this season – or they will risk becoming like Liverpool. Sakho has not performed too well in recent weeks, and needs to be on top of his game to ensure Rooney’s disappointing affair with Anfield continues. That makes the game interesting and it will be a tough decision for Van Gaal with who he decides to play in midfield.

Leicester ended a run of three league matches without a goal with a late Robert Huth header giving them a 1-0 win at fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday. But I still see the referee from 1995.

“It came as a bit of a shock as I’d had a bit of a frustrating time at Southampton and not had any game time, so then to come to a club like this is fantastic and an opportunity which I couldn’t turn down”, Caulker said. You can lose against Newcastle, that is not the problem, but when you are in those circumstances, and you have to play five minutes and you are 3-2 ahead, you have to control that game.

Some big results against the big sides have been forgotten due to the number of points dropped against the “weaker” teams, but they still have the ability to turn up and beat United.