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Former Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has opened up on the long list of missed opportunities the club had during his tenure at Old Trafford. The Dutchman was in charge for just two seasons, but claims Ed Woodward failed to seal signings of 10 world class superstars in that time.
How Man Utd could have lined up after leaked Ed Woodward transfer misses (Image: GETTY)
Defenders – Antonio Valencia, Sergio Ramos, Mats Hummels, Luke Shaw
At right-back, Valencia remained a regular in van Gaal’s final season, while on the opposite flank, his investment in Luke Shaw is finally starting to pay off.
But it’s at centre-back where the former boss really wanted to upgrade, as he explained to FourFourTwo.
"For the defence, I wanted Sergio Ramos and Mats Hummels, because ours wasn’t the strongest in building from the back.
"Those were my top targets, but we couldn’t get any of them. I don’t know why, because as the manager I wasn’t involved in any negotiations.”
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Man Utd coud have had a whole host of superstars according to Louis van Gaal (Image: EXPRESS)
In van Gaal’s final game as Red Devils boss, the 2016 FA Cup final, Wayne Rooney had completed his move back into midfield and could have retained that position for a couple more campaigns.
Next to Rooney, United were reportedly told to sign N’Golo Kante, who has since become one of the best holding midfielders in world football.
In 2018, Jose Mourinho splashed the cash to sign Fred. Bringing Kante to the club just two seasons before, would have been an infinitely better option.
Michael Carrick also still had two years left before his retirement to give this dream XI another option in the middle of the park.
Lewandowski could have been United's No.9 before his move to Bayern, according to the ex-boss (Image: GETTY)