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Every Player Wants to Play for United – LVG Tells Guardiola

 

Louis van Gaal Pep Guardiola’s claims that the Man United manager tried and failed to sign his Bayern Munich stars this summer.

Guardiola insisted United made offers for Bastain Schweinsteiger, Thomas Muller, Arjen Robben and Toni Kroos but didn’t have enough money to buy them.

However, van Gaal ridiculed Guardiola’s comments, saying: ‘‘I think every player who I’ve spoken to wanted to play for Manchester United. It is unbelievable that in spite of not playing in the Champions League, the players are coming and willing to come.

“That is surprising but that is because of the greatness of this club and they believe in the project we have started now. I say it again, it needs time.”

But United have splashed the cash this summer, spending around £150million on Angel Di Maria, Radamel Falcao, Daley Blind, Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo and Ander Herrera as the club embarked on a huge rebuilding programme.