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Louis van Gaal writes first set of programme notes ahead of Manchester United's pre-season friendly clash against Valencia
Writing in the Manchester United match-day programme, Van Gaal said: 'I am looking forward to walking out into the stadium as the manager of Manchester United, as I know it will be a special moment for me. 'I have been here before, of course, as a manager with Barcelona and Bayern Munich, and I know just how difficult it is for visiting teams at Old Trafford. I am really looking forward to having you on the same side as my players. 'After tonight's game we will be fully concentrating on the start of the Premier League, which I am really looking forward to. I have managed in Spain and in Germany and in the Netherlands, so there was only one football country I wanted to see inside and that was England, because of the level of the Premier League and because of the atmosphere. I cannot wait to get started. Van Gaal also praised his new players for the manner of their pre-season victory over Liverpool in the United States, when United reversed a 1-0 deficit to emerge as 3-1 winners, with Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard scoring the goals. The Dutchman said: 'I wanted to see an improvement in our performances as the tour went along, and that was mainly the case. In the first of the match against Liverpool, I must say that we were very weak, but the spirit of the team turned that around. 'The players wanted to show themselves as a team and that is very important for me. I could see winning that particular match brought a lot of pleasure to our fans, and I was pleased that we were able to make them happy. |
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