De Gea Is Happy At Man Utd – LVG

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal urged his players to keep their cool against fierce rivals Liverpool on Sunday as he dampened down suggestions goalkeeper David de Gea would move to Real Madrid this month.

The fixture between the two North-West giants is always one of the high points of the Premier League season and has seen more than it’s fair share of red cards over the years, with former United defender Nemanja Vidic managing to collect four himself in a six-year spell.

Despite neither side being in the hunt for the title at present, Sunday’s match at Anfield is likely to be a fiery affair with Van Gaal in need of a win to keep the pressure off his position and to maintain a challenge for a top-four finish.

A victory for Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp in his first game against United, meanwhile, would further endear him to the Reds’ supporters.

Nevertheless, Van Gaal will warn his team to avoid the kind of emotion that saw Liverpool great Steven Gerrard sent off less than a minute after coming on as a substitute in his final appearance in the fixture last March.

Van Gaal, acknowledging this is the biggest game on the calendar for United, said Friday: “That’s how the fans are seeing that and I feel it also.

“You can see it at the faces of the players. Last season for example, Gerrard is on and sent off within 30 seconds. We need to be aggressive, but also under control in these kind of matches. But that is always difficult, because the passion to play these kind of games is always high.”

De Gea’s proposed move to Madrid collapsed on deadline day in the last transfer window but there are suggestions the Spanish giants may renew their interest this month.

That is after they were hit by a Fifa ban from registering players over the next two windows after breaching regulations in the signing of young players.

“I don’t know, because I don’t think that kind of thing plays in the mind of David de Gea. I have never thought that,” said Van Gaal.

“Now I am seeing a De Gea who is enjoying to stay here at Manchester United and play good games.”