Man United Must Win Or Forget Title — LVG

After Van Gaal took the Dutch to the semifinals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and left for United, the performance graph of the team has gone downhill with Netherlands failing to qualify for the 2016 Euro.

Van Gaal met Keane on Tuesday and, after listening to the 22-year-old plead his case, agreed to bring him back into the United fold.

United have slipped to sixth in the Premier League, nine points behind joint leaders Arsenal and Leicester City, and Van Gaal is aware his team have an urgent need to arrest their slide.

He said: “I think we have fulfilled the wish and our aim in the first season”. A lot of people say different things but we would be letting ourselves down if we didn’t go out on to the pitch and give it our all.

Asked if he felt the pressure on him had been lifted by the performance against Chelsea, Van Gaal replied: “I don’t know because pressure can be what you experience by yourself, but also what the players feel”. They are lies, not based on facts. No, I walk with quietness because I want to make my point.

I don’t think they are, or certainly not wholeheartedly. There are members of staff saying, “Boss, can I can help you more”.

“Will I resign? On the contrary”.

“I have a contract, so it is not a question of me staying”.

“The crisis here is the environment and you [the media] are part of that”, added Van Gaal.

Manchester United defender Chris Smalling has insisted that there is no truth behind the speculation that the players aren’t playing for Louis van Gaal.

David Moyes says Manchester United must stick with Louis van Gaal.

“This is not the first club, although maybe the last club, where I have a bad period”.

His gripe with the way he was relieved of his duties must be taken into account when analysing his take on Van Gaal, though. “Of course, it is not only the last days but also before but that is the effect”.

“My understanding was that I was going to a club which always looked after their managers, even when they were in trouble and it wasn’t going well, you got your time to sort things out”. Of course I would. “When it happens to Jos Mourinho, then it can happen with me”. Ex united professionals such as Scholes and Rio Ferdinand have commented vocally on the state of affairs at the club, and the Old Trafford faithful have voiced their concerns on the terraces. We did it with Hazard.

But for the most part, the United fans appreciated the attacking football on display in the first half. They have to lift it up and that’s what we have talked about in the locker room.

The Frenchman said: “What more could we have done?”