Man Utd: Louis van Gaal's managerial career highlights
Former Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal hated the Red Devils’ 1-1 Europa League draw with Club Brugge, it has been claimed. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side came from behind to secure a draw and are the favourites to progress ahead of the second leg.
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“I can imagine Woodward chooses Mourinho,” Van Gaal told the BBC. “He is a top coach. He has won a lot of titles. More than me.
“What I don’t like is Woodward contacting my successor, knowing in his mind he will replace me and he keeps his mouth shut for six months.
“Every Friday I had to go into press conferences and be asked what I thought about the rumours. What does that do to the authority of the coach?
“To win the FA Cup when, for six months, the media has a noose round my neck, is my biggest achievement.
“I spoke to Woodward the day after that game. His argument was that I was only going to be there for one more year and Mourinho would be there for three, four or five.
“I appreciate he hired a private plane to get me back to Portugal but his arguments were not good enough.”
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Solskjaer, meanwhile, provided his insight into the result when quizzed after the match.
“It was difficult conditions out there,” the Norwegian said.
“It was almost like astroturf. It was bouncing, the ball is very, very quick and lively, so anything could happen and we got the away goal.
“Anto [Anthony Martial], a very, very good goal, individual goal. He worked hard to win the ball off him and was composed to put it in, so we’re happy with that, but we know we can play better.
“There's still 90 minutes to play. We're halfway, it's one each.
“They’ve got to come to Old Trafford and score, but we want to score as well. We need to think about winning the game.”