Tuesday, 1 September 2015

Angel Di Maria hits out at LVG's philosophy also Marcos Rojo latest in Van Gaal bust up



Angel di Maria played his last Manchester United game at Hull City and says he rowed with Louis van Gaal (c)


Newest PSG superstar recruit Angel di Maria has blasted his former Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal's 'philosophy' and claimed he rowed with the Dutchman.

The Argentine midfielder was brought in for a British record transfer fee of £60million last summer but failed to adapt to life at Old Trafford in a short time and moved to French Champions Paris Saint-Germain earlier this month in a £46 million deal.


He wasn’t necessarily welcoming towards the veteran Holland boss’s  Philosophy and confirmed he did not enjoy working with the United boss.


'Van Gaal has his philosophy and one of the things that made me want to leave is that,' he said on ESPN Radio Argentina.

'It is difficult to adapt to Van Gaal. I had a couple of rows with him.'


Di Maria and Van Gaal looked to be getting on just fine when he sealed his £60m move to United last summer

He complained that he was happy earlier on at United with how things were going but after his hamstring 
injury had to keep up with Mr. Van Gaal throwing him in various positions in the team.


Marcos Rojo latest in Van Gaal bust up

Meanwhile his Argentine teammate and Manchester United defender Marcos Rojo's long-term future at the Manchester club seems to be in doubt after he  also had a serious bust-up with boss Louis van Gaal.

The Argentine defender cost United £16million arriving in  the same summer from Sporting Lisbon, but has not figured in the squad once this season as Van Gaal has preferred to use countryman Daley Blind alongside the in-form Chris Smalling.

He enraged Van Gaal earlier this summer and was fined £140,000, which amounts to two weeks' wages, after he failed to join up with United for their pre-season tour of North America because of passport issues.

Tensions between the pair have been building since then, with Van Gaal having raised concerns about Rojo's fitness and it is understood the 25-year-old has clashed with his manager over the way he has been treated.

It now leaves Rojo, who played 60 minutes of a friendly against Ajax last Thursday, in a difficult position, as Van Gaal would be considerably be open to the prospect of him leaving on deadline day.


Rojo shares a joke with Manchester United team-mate Ander Herrera during a training session this season

Its been reported that he was put forward in discussions for terms between the club and Monaco over the deal for Antony Martial, Valencia also had registered an interest in the fiesty defender before the Spanish deadline closed. 

Despite his ongoing problems, Rojo meanwhile would prefer to stay at the club. 


'I have received offers but my idea is to stay here [United] and fight for a position because it is a great club,' he told ESPN Radio.

'I'll try to play as much as possible. I talked to Van Gaal when I returned and was upset by everything that had happened but he said he was counting on me.' 

Recall that this kind of row led to Victor Valdez playing for the United kids and not even able to make the United bench. Would Rojo be the next big name casualty at Old Trafford? who knows...

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