Report: Man Utd Manager Refuses To Sign Any Midfielder Except €19m Target

Louis van Gaal has reportedly told the Man Utd hierarchy that he is unwilling to sign any midfielder except Kevin Strootman, as reported by Goal.com.

The manager is so set in his belief that he is willing to wait until January to secure his signature, and would rather wait until then than sign another midfielder that he perceives as weaker.

Strootman was a key figure in Van Gaal’s Dutch side during qualification for the World Cup, and suffered a horrible knee injury that caused him to miss the World Cup, forcing Van Gaal to utterly rethink his formation.

Van Gaal has recently said that the Man Utd squad lacks any balance, and he sees Strootman as the box to box midfielder to fix their squad.

While Arturo Vidal has been consistently linked to Man Utd, the club has moved quickly to deny any particular interest in the player, with doubts about him moving to Manchester this summer.

Van Gaal is particularly adamant that the club does not panic buy in an attempt to create a quick fix this summer, to the detriment of any permanent solution to their midfield crisis being found. The Dutch manager thinks this will come in the form of Strootman.

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15 thoughts on “Report: Man Utd Manager Refuses To Sign Any Midfielder Except €19m Target”

  1. SAF left MAN United in a mess because of hand picking his fellow country man for replacement.If Van Gaal is also looking for his country men to play in Man United,it is going to be another disaster.Yet Man United desperately wants a midfielder before Jan.window.

  2. LVG is right, it c not a must to buy now, looking at how teams are putting up the transfer wages to a player! how will vidal, cavarho, all cost more than Toni crooz £24, better we buy 2 center backs using dat cash dan wasting it to a peaked player

  3. In 3-5-2 we require a solid winger back,the assist master, juan & @list a center back. We have cleverly,fletcher,herrera,kagawa alredy in cm position.

  4. I hope Vidal does come to united,he’s top quality,but if van gaal waits till January,united May be in the same position we finished last season,so I suggest we get Vidal now,then at least we have a good chance of being at the top of the league come January,then asses if we do need strootman.( or not).

  5. If Van Gaal waits until January for Strootman who has had a serious injury then we will not get into the top 4 this season either. Vidal is there to be signed now and who knows what Strootman is going be like when he does come back from this injury. If Van Gaal cannot see this and is being stubborn then he will be picking up his P45 come the end of the season.

  6. But with all that, we need versatility in the mid-field to help clear the Chelsea bus, Man City attacking power and Arsenal Barca like game…..Van help we evade the previous 7 position shame….use appropriate tactic

  7. LvG SHUD GET DI MARIA, THEN GO FOR HUMMEL OR VIDAL AS WELL,WE NEED DI MARIA SO MUCH. IF RELLY WE WANT TO BE AT TOP 4 POSITION. DIS TRANSFER IS D OPORTUNITY BEFORE OTHER CLUBS JOIN THE RACE OF OUT TARGET PLAYER.WE NEED DI MARIA DEN VIDAL, HUMMEL FOR NOW.

  8. If LVG proff storborn team lik chelsea,mancity nd other small team will beat us once again lik dog.pls I screem di maria, vidal is composary .chelsea is busy preparing for any team dat y they keep signing players. Oh man utd must boast their midfield,defence,atacker a little bit.

  9. those are bosses man utd always look for,dus why i like mohrino cause of good signing player,i hate a coach who don’t sign players like LVG hv started messing up like moyes dus how he started united we don’t need players till he ended up in 7positon.l thouht LVG will reach and make like 6 new signing but he have also join moyes ways….

  10. have aready given up in any signing for LVG dus aready his weakness but he will also kiss the frog like moyes,now he almost miss all de gud players like vidal i know he will not sign him

  11. Remember that there are many factors to consider- 1. Credible transfer reports 2. Manutd not qualifying for the champions league 3. over pricing of players that may not be of quality in the long run 4. the age of these players 5. manutd still have players of quality that may just need motivation to perform at their highest 6. players from the u18s that relish an opportunity and finally the system that manager will be utilizing

  12. This coach nw starting freaking peoples minds nw,hw dare he can wait for injured player while gud 1s are available? Sign Vidal n atleast 2 centre backs

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