Last night, new Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal made an appearance on Dutch TV and naturally many of the questions involved his forthcoming role at Old Trafford.
Dutch journalist Elko Born translated the most important quotes from the interview and tweeted them out.
On his close relationship with Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, the Holland manager revealed:
Van Gaal: ‘Mourinho was the first one I texted. And he was the first one to text me back. He said he was jealous of my list of clubs’
— Elko Born (@Elko_B) May 19, 2014
He also admitted that he and Alex Ferguson have always been on friendly terms as he becomes the successor to the successor:
Van Gaal: ‘I’ll undoubtedly have a drink with Ferguson. We’ve done that before. We like each other.’
— Elko Born (@Elko_B) May 19, 2014
As expected, he was slightly more evasive about potential signings...
V. Gaal:‘We don’t talk about money. We talk about the players I want. We’ll have to see if we can get them. We also talked about who can go’
— Elko Born (@Elko_B) May 19, 2014
Van Gaal on talking to Woodward: 'I told them my vision, who I wanted in my staff, what I wanted for the future. They were impressed.'
— Elko Born (@Elko_B) May 19, 2014
He also added that Man United contacted him immediately after David Moyes was sacked:
Van Gaal also revealed United contacted him immediately after Moyes was fired.
— Elko Born (@Elko_B) May 19, 2014
