Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf is today running a story claiming that former Manchester United first team coach Rene Meulensteen would like to return to Old Trafford if Louis van Gaal is appointed as manager.
During his ten years at United Meulensteen was Sir Alex Fergusons right hand man and has gone on the record to say that he thinks van Gaal is the man for the job.
“Van Gaal has been in the game a long time and he’s a very experienced manager. He’s got a strong philosophy about how he wants to play; he showed that at Ajax, he showed that at Barcelona and he showed that with Bayern Munich.”
“There’s no reason why it wouldn’t work but the most important thing is that they need to get it right and make sure that the man who is going to come in respects the history and culture of the club. As well they must make sure he builds the best possible platform to build United back to where they belong as quickly as they can.”
The 50-year-old Dutchman went on to say that David Moyes had under estimated the challenges he would come up against at Manchester United and ultimately paid the price despite all the warning the training staff gave him.
”I think he has a little bit underestimated and ignored some of the advice that people were giving there, not only from myself, but Eric Steele and Mike Phelan, we were trying to help him and say: Listen, we can make your life really, really easy. That’s why I came out with a quote before saying: You’re going from a yacht to a cruise ship.”
