I'm in Amsterdam right now and it's all over the news, Telegraaf reporting it as 100% done and they would know...
...Van Gaal isn't all that. Firstly
the guy is a complete ******* who tends to fall out with pretty much everyone and pick fights for no apparent reason. Cruijff once threatened to drown him in the Amstel 'like a kitten' if he didn't leave Ajax
Ferguson will despise him no doubt.
He's a big favourite of the old Dutch habit of dividing dressing rooms and trying to alienate people he doesn't like. Robin will be teachers pet,
can see Rooney being treated like ****. Denis Bergkamp actually despises him more than anyone, he accuses him of trying to ruin his career back in the 1990s...
He gets his teams playing nice technical football naturally but he's not the best organiser in the world, and you can definitely get at his teams when you get them on the back foot. Arsenal - Utd games next season will be absolute free for alls of cavalier attacking.
I wouldnt be too worried about Utd since their problems are much deeper than just a manager. They can spend £150m but some will inevitably flop and they're clearly missing a spine which is very hard to install in a single window at any price. Hope they get a Europa League place anyway
If Utd were smart they'd have got De Boer in, he's basically Van Gaal 2.0 but actually a pretty chilled out guy as well.