When Louis Van Gaal was appointed manager of Manchester United, the objective is simple, to return the Red Devils to the heady days under Sir Alex Ferguson.
In the first part of the Dutchman revamp, he brought in the likes of Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo, Angel Di Maria, Daley Blind, Victor Valdes.
While the new recruits did not set the Premier League alight, they did just enough to secure a Champions League spot.
Not satisfied with just that, Van Gaal went out and get more reinforcements, great reinforcements.
Bastian Schweinsteiger, Matteo Darmian, Memphis Depay and Morgan Schneiderlin.
Some had questioned the logic for getting Schweinsteiger, especially after the German had suffered a few injuries in recent seasons. But in 21 appearances, 6 of them as substitute, the midfielder had scored 5 goals and had 4 assists to his name, averaging a score of 7.42. Very good returns indeed.
Schneiderlin did not have a statistics as impressive as the German but he is no slouch. 4 goals and 1 assist in 21 Premier League appearances for Southampton. But the Frenchman is more of a defensive central midfielder compared to his new club-mate.
A strikeforce of Van Persie and Falcao will send fear down the spine of any defenders. But the pair had such poor season that Van Gaal had decided to let both go. In came Depay to partner Rooney up front. From a forward left position, Depay scored 22 goals in 30 appearances for PSV Eindhoven. If Depay can match his fellow country-man, a certain Ruud Van Nistelrooy, the Red Devils will be purring.
Any opposition team will dread to see a Man Utd lineup of Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger and Fellani in the middle of the park and an attacking trio of Rooney, Depay and Di Maria. If this is not frightening enough, they will see the likes of Blind, Herrera, Mata on the bench, waiting to be unleashed.
If LVG can keep hold of De Gea and get one more world class defender, the fans will be singing Glory Glory Man United soon.
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"Schneiderlin did not have a statistics as impressive as the German but he is no slouch.". He is French.
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