Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has lost the support of the players according to the Suns Charlie Wyett, who claims it is just a matter of a few more days before the Dutchman is relieved of his duties at Old Trafford.
“Van Gaal has handled the situation badly,” Wyett said. “He lost the players a few weeks ago and he’s lost the majority of the fans now.
“He doesn’t know what to do, he is panicking and it’s reflecting in his team. He has handled the whole situation badly, last week, for example, when he tried to turn everything on the media and walking out of his press conference.
“Maybe that worked temporarily and he got a few more fans behind him but ultimately United are a mess on the pitch.
“I thought United would stumble on to the end of the season with Van Gaal and look to make a change then, but now it looks as though it’s days, maybe a couple of weeks [until he leaves].”
The focus now must be on the 64-year-old manager’s successor with Wyett urging them not to gamble on Mourinho but to give the job to Ryan Giggs to see the team through to the end of the season.
“Ultimately it hasn’t worked [for Van Gaal] and now United have a problem as to what to do,” Wyett added.
“If you compare him to Mourinho at Chelsea, in many respects, Mourinho had the support of more fans and certainly more of the players than Van Gaal does.
“Mourinho seems an obvious choice [to replace Van Gaal], although not all the fans want him. I think he would sort them out short term, but he is never going to be a long-term option, is he?
“At the moment, if and when Van Gaal does go, I think we’ll see Ryan Giggs come in. United fans that think Giggs will be a blazing success just don’t know that.
“He is inexperienced and, while he may be a great manager, he could be a disaster so that’s another gamble United have to take in the short term at least.”
