Man Utd: Ed Woodward is ‘part of the problem’ says pundit
Manchester United currently have buyback clauses on Adnan Januzaj and Memphis Depay, reports say. The duo both failed to live up to expectations at Old Trafford, leaving for Lyon and Real Sociedad respectively.
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Speaking last year, however, the Dutchman slammed the Red Devils - and Van Gaal in particular.
“After a while, Van Gaal asked me to come to his office,” he said.
“He said that there was nothing wrong with my left foot and that the extra training with Giggs was nonsense. It’s all in your head, he also told me.
“That struck me. I mean, what could be wrong with trying to become a better player, with the help of a former top winger like Ryan Giggs?
“More and more I got the feeling I could do nothing good according to Van Gaal.
“Later Van Gaal came to me and told me I had to talk with a mental coach he personally knew.
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“My answer was that I want to think about it. I was still confident that I would succeed at United, as soon as I was adapted to the higher level of football and my new life in England.
“Later on Van Gaal kept on saying that I needed to talk to that mental coach. It would benefit my focus and concentration level, he said.
“But I didn’t feel like talking to a stranger, also because I had my own mental coach since I was 12 already.
“After my third refusal to talk to that mental coach, Van Gaal didn’t speak to me for a long time. I think he’s finished with you when you don’t follow his advice.
“He kept putting me on the bench and at the end of the season he spoke to me again: to say that next year would be even more difficult to me, because United were going to buy new strikers.
“Before the last game of the season, the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace, he even put me on the stands. Like a teacher does at school to a naughty child.”