LVG claims Suarez or Aguero would net for United

Chances came and went but the likes of Juan Mata, Anthony Martial and Marouane Fellaini fluffed them all and Van Gaal knows the problem might now be in their heads. Who they will sign is another question, and neither Suarez nor Aguero will be making a move to United this winter. “When that is the case it is not easy to win matches”, the United midfielder said.

United need to be active in the January transfer window and bring it at least a left back and a pacy winger that can create chances. When you are a big striker like Ronaldo, Messi and Thomas Muller, they are all the same. It is about attitude.

Van Gaal believes United will score in the Volkswagen Arena despite managing just one effort on target from their 21 attempts on goal against West Ham.

“He shall not score ten goals”, Van Gaal added. You need composure and luck. “They are admitting they have to score”. “It’s all about the killer instinct”. ‘It is all about the killer instinct.

“It is in every game like that because we are more dominating than our opponent”.

Five of United’s past nine matches in all competitions have ended goalless – a statistic that does not bode well for them ahead of their Champions League clash at Wolfsburg tomorrow.

United’s players were booed off at the full-time whistle as West Ham could easily have snatched all three points, hitting the woodwork twice and wasting a great chance when Victor Moses missed when played clean through. Van Gaal was pleased that his team created the chances, but concerned at the quality of the finishing. A draw would not be enough for United should PSV beat CSKA Moscow at home, which seems likely, given that the Russians have no further interest in the Champions League.

“It’s always possible, but that you can not prove”, Van Gaal said.

“You can train every day on shooting at the goal and you have to know that we are doing that”. It’s not like that.

“Yes, we can win on Tuesday”, Van Gaal said. “That is the most important aspect of football and we didn’t do it”.

“We could be out”.

Wayne Rooney, Phil Jones and Ander Herrera have been pencilled in for returns on 12 December, but no timeframe has been placed on the recovery times for Schneiderlin, McNair and Marcos Rojo.

As United played out a bore 0-0 draw – their 4th of the season – against the Hammers on Saturday, the Old Trafford faithful wasted no opportunity to express their displeasure with the direction the club is heading towards.

Schweinsteiger, meanwhile, could face retrospective punishment by the Football Association for an off-the-ball elbow on Winston Reid on Saturday.

“Next year I am 65 and say I stay a year longer, it shall be very hard to my wife”.

“I can’t blame the referee (Mark Clattenburg) because he didn’t see it, it happens”.