Louis van Gaal said that he could jump before he is pushed after his
position as Manchester United manager became even more precarious
following a fourth successive defeat.
The under-fire Dutchman, 64, looked like a condemned man throughout
United’s sorry 2-0 loss to
Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on
Saturday and then in the inquest that took place afterwards.
When grilled about the firestorm of speculation surrounding his
likely sacking and the possible appointment of Jose Mourinho, Van Gaal
intimated that he may be about to walk away from a job that has
undergone a dramatic downturn in fortunes in the past month.
While refusing to confirm or deny whether he has received assurances
from the United board, he did state: “I have said already in former
press conferences that it is not always that the club has to fire or
sack me. Sometimes I do it by myself.
Credit: Punch.
“I am the one who wants to speak first with the board of Manchester
United, with my members of staff, with my players and not always you
(the media).”
On top of that, Van Gaal failed to give a convincing answer when
asked whether he would still be in charge for United’s next game against
Chelsea at Old Trafford on Monday.
“You will have to wait and see, but I think so,” he said. “I feel the support of everybody in the club.”
United have slipped to sixth in the Premier League after three
consecutive defeats – the second such sequence under Van Gaal – and were
knocked out of the Champions League after a 3-2 loss at Wolfsburg
earlier this month.
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