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Becks pleads for patience with United’s Van Gaal
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FORMER Manchester United midfielder David Beckham has urged Louis van Gaal’s critics to be patient by giving the Dutch coach time to spark a turnaround in his old club’s fortunes.
Van Gaal has been under the microscope all season, not only because of a string of indifferent results but also due to the team often failing to show the flair traditionally associated with United teams.
The Old Trafford club, down in fifth place in the Premier League, ended a three-match sequence without a victory in all competitions when it beat League One Shrewsbury Town 3-0 on Monday to reach the FA Cup quarterfinals but it still needs to overturn a 1-2 deficit at home to FC Midtjylland tomorrow if it is to overcome a shock loss to the Danish minnows in their Europa League tie.
“He (Van Gaal) is an experienced manager with a great reputation in the game,” Beckham told Talksport Radio.
“Sometimes it takes time, it is not easy being manager of Manchester United.
“We have to look at results, we have to look at the way we play, we have to listen to fans, the people that really matter at the club, and I only hear great things about him as a person, as a manager, as a coach.
“I have met him once before and he treated me unbelievably well. He is manager of Manchester United so there is always going to be criticism.”
The former England captain said he was not surprised that his old team had suffered since Alex Ferguson retired.
Ferguson stepped down as manager after winning the Premier League title in 2013, the last of 38 major trophies his sides won in more than 26 years in the job.
David Moyes lasted one season in which he led the team to seventh in the league and Van Gaal guided United to fourth in his first campaign.
“As a United fan I always hoped we wouldn’t go through a slump but it was inevitable,” said Beckham who played for United under Ferguson from 1995 to 2003 and helped win six Premier League titles and the 1999 Champions League.
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