Louis van Gaal is preparing to take over as manager at Manchester United next season - even though United say that they have yet to make a final decision. After detailed talks last week, the current Holland manager believes he has a verbal agreement to take over from David Moyes and is planning to ask Patrick Kluivert and current stand-in manager Ryan Giggs to be his assistants. United insist that talk of an agreement is premature and no contracts have yet been signed. And after Giggs masterminded a 4-0 win over Norwich in his first game as caretaker manager, Wayne Rooney insisted the United legend had ‘all the credentials’ to take the job on a permanent basis.
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Louis van Gaal preparing to take over Manchester United next season
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Holland manager believes he has verbal agreement to take over from David Moyes at Old Trafford
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Planning to ask Patrick Kluivert and Ryan Giggs to be his assistants
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Van Gaal would be happy to work with Phil Neville, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt and Giggs
Van Gaal does not take kindly to people showing up on his doorstep unannounced, although presumably @placeholder’s representatives would have been more than welcome.