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With Chelsea finally pulling the trigger on Jose Mourinho, the vultures have now started circling Louis van Gaal at Manchester United after eight games without a win. It’s a bit of an oddity that Mourinho’s sacking adds extra pressure to Van Gaal beyond shifting attentions onto him – just challenging for Champions League places isn’t good enough yet the man who had the champions battling relegation apparently is. Van Gaal doesn’t necessarily help himself but it’s difficult to see how he’s supposed to make champions from this squad however expensively it was assembled, and the same goes for Mourinho – between all the youngsters you could name on one hand all the players that fit a Mourinho side, and you might not have to use all your fingers, yet no one really questions him shamelessly angling for the job. Nevertheless, there were worse opponents for United to start the new year with than Swansea, who have had their own managerial struggle – sacking Garry Monk and leaving caretaker Alan Curtis in charge until the summer. United changed back to the back three seen at the start of Van Gaal’s tenure, lining up in a lopsided 3-6-1, while Swansea were in […]
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