Tuesday, 29th July, 2014
New Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has played down suggestions that he would have found life harder at Old Trafford if he took charge of the club after Sir Alex Ferguson’s reign rather than David Moyes’.
The Red Devils, who appointed Moyes at the start of last season, following the retirement of Ferguson, fared poorly in the 2013/14 campaign.
Manchester United finished seventh in the Premier League and Moyes was shown the door before the conclusion of the season.
But Van Gaal, who took charge of the club in the summer, insisted that he will not be in any way benefitting from Moyes’ poor tenure, as the Scot has left a broken squad.
The Dutchman in fact believes it is harder to succeed following a poor season than a great campaign and went on to add how he replaced a very successful Sir Bobby Robson at Barcelona and helped the Catalan giants to win four trophies in three seasons.
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"I don't agree. I had to follow Bobby Robson at Barcelona. In that year he won three titles. I had to succeed him. I don't think that is a problem”, he was quoted as saying by the BBC.
"When there is success you also have a very good squad. Now I have to follow and the squad was broken, I think. It is not in balance, I have already said that.
"It is more difficult to succeed in a difficult situation than a fantastic situation."
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