Ten Hag, like Van Gaal, favours a right and left-footed combination. Four defenders are ahead of him in the pecking order for centre half and one, Luke Shaw, is a left-back by trade. Maguire must be able to read the writing on the wall: 16 starts last season eight of them in cup ties.
On Sunday, he bizarrely shared an Instagram story from a transfer account that said he was "waiting to speak with Erik ten Hag about his future". Harry Maguire is another United golfing enthusiast but he is in the rough. Valdes, De Gea and Lindegaard watch on during United's opening day win over Spurs in 2015ĭe Gea deserved clarity before his contract was shredded and so do others. In Van Gaal's film, he visits Ajax's training centre to impart his wisdom to the players and gift them his new book. Ten Hag and Van Gaal share tenets but the former is wary of comparisons with his compatriot. Erik ten Hag also plays rounds at Mere, where he is striving to bring his handicap down from 28. Van Gaal informed Robin van Persie he could go over a round of golf at Mere prior to the Hull game. "I know which players have to go and have to come. "I've talked with every player," he revealed after the final fixture at Hull of the 2014-15 season. United only won one of their last six games but had secured Champions League qualification and Van Gaal brought the house down at the end-of-season awards do.ĭavid Moyes was dithering whereas Van Gaal was decisive. The mood towards Van Gaal was markedly different from the denouement of his first season. Van Gaal was on borrowed time and it was a matter of time until Mourinho was appointed. His best performance that month was his "wine and mince pies" press conference that he calmly walked out of. United lost 1-0 and it was a month on from that December of discontent that Van Gaal somehow survived. Van Gaal copped it at Old Trafford once, after a goalless half at the Scoreboard End against Southampton. It should never have got to that.Īlso read: United set Maguire valuation ahead of Ten Hag talks
The game was well and truly up for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer when he was specifically booed as he approached the away end at Vicarage Road. United supporters are more emotionally invested in backing than sacking. And on the night a handful of fans donned such scarves for the goalless draw with Chelsea in December 2015, a vocal contingent in the second tier of the Stretford End chanted, "F-k off Mourinho". The most brazen act of mutiny was to don a Jose Mourinho scarf while Louis van Gaal was still the manager. You could also count on two hands how many former players have been booed at Old Trafford in the last 30 years and only the owners warrant ink daubed onto a bedsheet. Manchester United's matchgoers pride themselves on not outright scapegoating players. For those who have outstayed their welcome at football clubs, the writing is not usually on the wall but on a banner.
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