Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has a kind of reputation where no one expects him to say anything not pleasing to anyone, in fact, he is often seeing expressing even his anger with a lighter tone, but this time he seems to be over reactive against 33-year-old goalkeeper Víctor Valdés who, according to Dutchman, is unprofessional and doesn’t have much time playing for the Red Devils. Actually, Gaal’s relations with the Spanish went unpleasant last season when Valdés refused to play in the reserves something that had later been severely criticized by the Dutchman. The 63-year-old revealed it after he omitted 33-year-old from preseason trip to the United States and included David De Gea, Anders Lindegaard, and Sam Johnstone instead. Explaining his hard step and why he had to take this, former Barcelona and Real Madrid manager said in a news conference in Seattle, “He is not selected because he does not follow my philosophy. Then there is not one place for one player. The philosophy is how you play football and how you maintain your match rhythm.
“For example, he refused last year to play in the second team. That is one aspect of our philosophy but there are a lot of others for how you have to play a goalkeeper for Manchester United. When you are not willing to follow the principles of the philosophy, there is only one way and that is out.”
Further criticizing the unprofessionalism Red Devils had to face from 33-year-old; Gaal said he felt like led down by the goalie when he refused to play in the second line, he added, “For us it is a big disappointment. We thought he would follow our philosophy but it is a pity because we have given an opportunity to rehabilitate and then we gave a contract. Then when he is fit to play and when you are not playing in the first selection you have to play in the second selection. He refused that. I want to help him and that he can show his qualities for another club. I am always a very social human being.”
If we look at the dramatic arithmetic inside the ManU squad, De Gea is the next one who could soon face an ousted from United if Real Madrid shows its serious interest in the Spanish goalie. Gaal added, “It is dependent on David De Gea. Shall he stay? He is training here and doing his utmost best.”
