Louis van Gaal has mocked Manchester United’s spending power and appeal and has also questioned Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s appointment.
LVG spent two seasons at Old Trafford between 2014 and 2016, before getting sacked and then retiring.
He won the FA Cup before Jose Mourinho took over.
His words to The Guardian, “The problem begins with, of course, that Manchester United was never refreshed,”
“I think when you are a manager you have to refresh every year to keep the team-building process going.”
“I didn’t always get the players that I want. That’s the problem.
“There is [Ed] Woodward and his right hand is [head of corporate development] Matt Judge. Judge I met once in a while but not too much. And there was the head of scouting. That was the structure but you are always dependent on Woodward and Judge.
“I thought always Manchester United can buy every player because they have a lot of power. Seemingly a few players were not reachable for Manchester United. I cannot understand but it was like that.”
“No. The way they sacked me was terrible. But I like my time in England, because of the culture, because of the people. A lot of humour and always supporting the manager. I have respect for everybody I worked with.”
On Ole, “I was very surprised he got it [the job] in spite of the winning run at the start,”
“Because Manchester United is one of the biggest clubs in the world that needs a manager with experience and not a manager who has trained at one or two teams and on a lower level.”
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