Van Gaal Explains Sale Of Strikers
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal admits he does not believe in competition for places among strikers and prefers to trust the selected few he has retained at Old Trafford.
The manager chose not to buy Radamel Falcao following his season-long loan in 2014/15 and then sold Robin van Persie to Fenerbahçe in July, before allowing Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez to join Bayer Leverkusen in August. James Wilson has since been loaned to Brighton & Hove Albion.
Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial are now United’s only orthodox strikers and van Gaal insists he is content with his selection of forwards. Despite his team’s lack of goals this season, the boss is not convinced the problem can be solved in the January transfer market and remains confident in his players.
Speaking ahead of Saturday’s Barclays Premier League match against Swansea City at Old Trafford, van Gaal explained his thinking up front. “We could have kept all the strikers and then there are a lot of strikers in the stand who are not happy,” he told reporters. “They will want to go away. It is like the story of Hernandez, for example. He wanted to play and you cannot always play in this world.
“There are also now players in my squad who want to play but they cannot play because I choose another player. It's always like that. Too many strikers for the same position of such high quality is also too much pressure. Now I don't have the chance to change.
“I don't believe too much in competition for places. I believe in trust and in confidence. Maybe that is wrong, okay, but I have done it all my life as a manager. I give trust to the players.”
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