Pompous Louis van Gaal yet to make the pieces fit at Manchester United
At his most irascible, Louis van Gaal can actually be very funny. When someone put to him the eminently logical suggestion that the way of bringing goals out of Wayne Rooney would be to play Juan Mata, United’s best No 10, at No 10, he offered: “Maybe you can ask the board of Manchester United if you are the trainer-coach or the manager. And then you can discuss it with your staff.”