Those hoping for quick exit of Manchester United manager, Louis van Gaal from Old Trafford will have to wait longer according to latest reports from the UK as the Dutchman has decided not to quit the club after all as is being widely speculated.
According to reports from the UK on Friday morning, the Dutchman, despite fan rejections, thumbs-down ratings by senior players of the club and management concerns over his coaching methods, has insisted on seeing out the rest of his three-year contract. He also denied ever offering to quit.
In the last few weeks, Van Gaal’s future at Old Trafford has been the subject of intense scrutiny, but a defiant Van Gaal says he has always complete his contract, which runs until the summer of 2017, and will continue to fight for his job.
“Everybody knows I have signed a three-year contract. It’s a process, not one game, and I want to continue until the end. If I wasn’t willing to do that, I don’t think I would have started here. I am always fighting.”
Asked if he had tried to quit, Van Gaal said: “I have not mentioned that, ever.”
“Of course I’m very happy with the support of Ed Woodward and the Glazers,’ he said. ‘But when the board has such confidence in you, the pressure is higher than when they say it is your last game. Then your confidence is not so high and you can fight against it. And when you fight you have a bigger motivation than when they support you.
“It’s the same thing that I have more pressure because the fans believe in me — or maybe had believed in me. The pressure is greater because you have to fulfil their expectations of you.”