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Under-pressure Man Utd boss Van Gaal admits he fears sacking

“I don’t want to finish my career with the club sacking me.”

LOUIS VAN GAAL is desperate to overturn Manchester United’s torrid form to avoid seeing his career at Old Trafford terminated prematurely.

United have not won any of their last five games and failed to qualify for the Champions League round of 16, leaving many questioning Van Gaal’s future at the club.

Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti and now Jose Mourinho, who was relieved of his duties as Chelsea manager on Thursday, have all been linked with the top job at Old Trafford.

“I don’t want to finish my career with the club sacking me,” Van Gaal told reporters.

“That would be a great disappointment for me to say goodbye to the football world by being fired.

“I think my honour is much more pressure for me than the pressure of the media and the fans.”

Still, the 64-year-old Van Gaal does not believe this is the most pressure he has been under in his managerial career, and feels he has enough stock to warrant the Old Trafford side sticking with him.

“What can I lose? If I lose the confidence of the fans, that would be very sad,” added the Dutchman. “But I have had a career that every starting trainer wants to have. I don’t think that the pressure is now the highest.

“When you start in your first job and the crowd is yelling every week for another coach and that happened to me in my first year at Ajax than that pressure compared to the guy I am now is much higher.”

“I have the full confidence of my board and players, that is what I feel. But we have to get results, we have to win. We know that, the players know that, I know that and members of staff know that.”

Van Gaal’s United take on Norwich City on Saturday hoping to end a run of consecutive defeats in all competitions.

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    Mute Robert O Farrell
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    Dec 19th 2015, 9:43 AM

    You will be sacked make no mistake – clock is ticking.

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    Dec 19th 2015, 10:02 AM

    More spoof from the premierships biggest spoofer..

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    Mute neeneee
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    Dec 19th 2015, 9:45 AM

    I’d hate to see him sacked I like United under his management even more so than when Moyes was in charge

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    Dec 19th 2015, 10:33 AM

    Oh you little troll..

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    Mute Dave Meagher
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    Dec 19th 2015, 12:15 PM

    Sorry LVG I believe in giving a guy a chance but United fans have lost confidence and the style of play inspires no one.

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    Mute Gary O' Connor
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    Dec 19th 2015, 9:51 AM

    Hate to say it,but united won’t get Pep.
    Another screw up

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    Dec 19th 2015, 10:24 AM

    We will get Brendon Rodgers, everything we do there days is wrong

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    Mute Greeg
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    Dec 19th 2015, 11:18 AM

    As far as I know he’s not included on the Christmas party list organised for next Tuesday ….. Bye bye van Gaal

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    Mute Dave Meagher
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    Dec 19th 2015, 12:13 PM

    The club canceled the players party.

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    Mute david walsh
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    Dec 19th 2015, 10:33 AM

    Norwich win hes gone jose in then big time

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    Mute Ron Koeman
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    Dec 19th 2015, 9:55 AM

    All football managers careers end in failure.

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    Mute Fernhill House Hotel
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    Dec 19th 2015, 10:01 AM

    Ferguson, Johan Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Shankly, Paisley…

    To be fair 99% do end in failure though

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    Mute Ron Koeman
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    Dec 19th 2015, 10:05 AM

    But what have those guys have done since they retried?

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    Mute neeneee
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    Dec 19th 2015, 10:09 AM

    In all fairness Fergie jumped ship code knew what was coming

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    Dec 19th 2015, 10:18 AM

    No it’s because his wife’s sister died..

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    Dec 19th 2015, 10:28 AM

    Jumped ship or not it ended in success

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    Dec 19th 2015, 10:33 AM

    Died

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    Dec 19th 2015, 2:09 PM

    You heard it here first folks Ron believes retirement is failure

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