Former Manchester United manager, Louis van Gaal has taken an opportunity in the press to ridicule the Red Devis chairman, Ed Woodward.
“At Bayern, the people in charge are football men. I always appreciated that,” Van Gaal told a German magazine, as quoted by the Daily Mail.
“At Manchester United, on the other hand, Ed Woodward was installed as CEO — somebody with zero understanding of football who was previously an investment banker. It cannot be a good thing when a club is run solely from a commercially-driven perspective.”
Van Gaal obviously holds a serious grudge against the Old Trafford-based outfit for his preemptive sacking. “I don’t hold it against the club. They wanted Mourinho and he was on the market,” he added.
“But appointing Mourinho was obviously interesting from a business point of view. He wins games. And for a club like United, the main thing is to win trophies. How they are won isn’t the main priority, the English fans see it differently.
“They accept that the game is not all about attacking but it is also about defending. I always tried to defend high up the pitch, to be in the opposition’s half and play the game there.”
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