United linked with van Gaal in the meeja

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Great, so giggs will be overseeing the transfers alongside Woodward. Who better than him to convince players that United is the best place for them. To add to that, he will get whatever knowledge/experience he needs to take over the job in the future.
 
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So basically any role which would make him useful to have around will be an upgrade.
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Can't make my mind up about Giggs' role. I don't want to see him leave the club but can you see Van Gaal passing over Kluivert as his number 2 in favour of Giggs? I can't and if that's the case, I can't see Giggs taking a lesser role at the club.
 
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What a rude character, lol.:lol:
 
Hopefully giggs as assistant manager works out. I just don't want to see constant talk and clamour of Giggs taking over everytime things go wrong for Van Gaal. It could be the one risk of having such a big name assistant manager who clearly has managerial aspirations.
 
I see him making surprise entry to hand the u21 trophy to United youngsters tonight :drool:
 
Taken from the Mirror:

Manchester United: Louis van Gaal will send shockwaves through the under-performing squad who had no respect for David Moyes

Louis van Gaal's imminent appointment as Manchester United boss will send shockwaves through the under-performing squad.

Players happy to betray David Moyes and not perform for Sir Alex Ferguson’s successor, simply because they did not believe in him, will find their new manager is not so easy to undermine.

Forthright, combative and opinionated, Van Gaal, 62, has been appointed to knock United from the slumber of last season and usher in a new era of success – with those players, unwilling to buy into his philosophy, facing the axe.

Van Gaal is set to be confirmed as United’s new boss within 24 hours and the current squad will find him a hard taskmaster.

The former Ajax, Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach has been responsible for nurturing and developing some of Europe’s finest talents over the past two decades.

The blunt Dutchman will look to impose his own authority and style from the moment he walks through the door at the club’s Carrington training complex.

His CV suggests the former midfielder has what it takes.

His 1995 Champions League-winning Ajax side reads like a Who’s Who of European footballing royalty.

The side that toppled AC Milan 1-0 was made up of home-grown talents, including Edwin van der Sar, Frank Rijkaard, Clarence Seedorf, the De Boer brothers, Edgar Davids, Marc Overmars and Patrick Kluivert.

During his first spell at Barcelona, where he won two titles in three years, he gave debuts to Carles Puyol and Xavi – and promoted Andres Iniesta, then 18, to the first-team in his second stint.

And, at Bayern Munich , his first duty was to look within the club’s youth team, putting his faith in Thomas Muller, Holger Badstuber and David Alaba, all of whom have become key men.

Asked what sets him apart from other coaches, Van Gaal said: “It’s my philosophy – because it binds players with my training.

"Players find it nice to take part in it because it’s attacking, technical and tactical.

"You have to play as a team and not as individuals.

“That’s why I’m always going back to the vision, then the team, and which players fit in my system – a 4-3-3, because I’m always playing that.

"If a young player can do it, then I select him. If it’s an older player, it doesn’t bother me. Age is not important.”

Van Gaal’s intolerant streak has seen him fall out with players, managers and colleagues, with one memorable spat played out in public with Dutch legend Johan Cruyff, his predecessor at Ajax.

It was suggested the enmity between the two was Cruyff’s anger at Van Gaal guiding Ajax to Champions League success in 1995, a feat Cruyff had not managed to achieve in three years in charge during the previous decade.

Van Gaal also followed Cruyff at Barcelona, winning two La Liga titles in his first stint.

But when he returned for a second time, Van Gaal claimed Cruyff’s criticism of him in the Catalan press contributed to his ill-fated seven-month reign.

“I will never forgive what he did,” wrote Van Gaal. “I tried to do a good job despite his attempts to frustrate.”

The animosity continued in 2011, when four of five members of the Ajax board wanted to appoint Van Gaal as technical director.

The fifth, Cruyff, wanted someone else and was angered when his colleagues appointed Van Gaal in his absence.

Cruyff took Ajax to court to block the appointment and won, with Van Gaal’s appointment overturned.

The new United boss’s policy of retaining a member of the existing coaching staff when he takes over is the reason he was keen to keep on Ryan Giggs.

At Bayern Munich, Van Gaal kept on Hermann Gerland, who has also been retained by current coach Pep Guardiola.

Van Gaal intends to tap into Giggs’ knowledge of United , particularly with regard to the young players coming through.

Giggs, 40, gave first-team debuts to United youngsters James Wilson and Tom Lawrence in his penultimate game as temporary boss.

And Van Gaal is keen to embrace the emerging talent within the Old Trafford
 
Surely Nicky Butt must stay on as he knows the youth players pretty well and Scholes should be given a role on the off chance advancements in cloning technology allow us to grow another one.
 
Looks like Giggs got back quickly. Spotted at OT for the U21 game.
 
The time it's taken to confirm this Chelsea would've sacked 2 managers and signed a third one
 
In one way the sentiment in me is glad for Giggs if he is going to be our number 2,the mans a legend but lets be honest its a risk.

Id have preferred him to go away learn his trade get some experience in management elsewhere come back and see if he can cut it.It would have been better to bring in an established coaching team that has been successful and can hit the ground running as there's a bit of work to be done to the first team.
 
Yawn Zzzz

Typical United dragging out proceddings, bet it's over a saving a few quid on wages etc
 
From the Mirror tonight:

Ryan Giggs is poised to accept Louis van Gaal’s offer to be his No.2 at Manchester United. Giggs met Van Gaal at the Holland manager’s house in the Dutch seaside town of Noordwijk on Wednesday, and was later spotted leaving the nearby Hotel van Oranje on his return to Manchester by private jet.

United legend Giggs, 40, spoke with Van Gaal by phone last week and agreed the face-to-face meeting - which lasted several hours - on a rest day from Holland’s pre-World Cup training camp. Also in attendance at Van Gaal’s exclusive penthouse on Queen Astrid Boulevard, just 500 yards from their hotel, was the Reds' executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward - who made the first approach to Van Gaal, as exclusively revealed by Mirror Sport on April 11.

Van Gaal, who is set to be confirmed as United boss on Thursday, is understood to have offered Giggs a key role alongside him as part of his coaching staff. Although Van Gaal will also bring with him other coaches when he takes over after this summer's World Cup, Giggs has been assured he will retain a prominent role with considerable input into the team.

Giggs wants to stay at United, and the club’s most decorated player is seen by the Old Trafford board as the ideal choice to take on the manager’s role after Van Gaal. Working alongside Van Gaal is seen as the perfect preparation for Giggs to take on the United job himself when the 62-year-old former Ajax, Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach decides to move on.

It is understood Van Gaal has signed a two-year deal - with an option for a third - on a salary of £7million a season to succeed the sacked David Moyes. He had planned to bring Patrick Kluivert, one of his assistants in the Holland set-up, with him to be part of his coaching set-up. But it is understood Kluivert expressed doubts over the move and Van Gaal has decided to put his faith in Giggs as his right-hand man.

Giggs, who has played a record 963 times for United, is keen to prolong his playing career, but it is understood Van Gaal wants him to focus exclusively on coaching now.
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/next-manchester-united-manager-louis-3542246
 
Is it just me or does 7m seem a tad low? Almost half of what Moyes got at 13m
 
Wonder if there is any chance of a bit of a surprise signing along with the LVG announcement?

Too much to expect?

After last seasons disaster and all the leaked stuff it would be a good start if the club could do some business covertly an quickly!!
 
Is that really what we're paying managers, didn't we offer AncelottI 18m?!
 
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