Louis Van Gaal seems like the type of manager who's willing to take the advice of people who wait around at the training ground and ask them to sign things through their car window, doesn't he?
Well, no, he absoltuely does not, but that didn't stop this highly ambitious Manchester United fan from drafting up his "fan's perspective" and handing it over the fiery Dutchman. We saw a cute youngster give LVG his list of transfer targets earlier in the summer, but this fan has gone to the next level by not only listing potenital transfer targets in order of priority, but by drawing up the ideal formation and player selection for success.
He passed the dossier for unrelenting forward momentum to Van Gaal, now we play the waiting game.
Van Gaal was the only one to stop for the fans to sign autographs. The way he deals with fans was very classy. #mufc pic.twitter.com/iPxkjdHets
— Hashbrown (@hesham786) August 20, 2015
Handed LVG this sheet as well, just to make him see a fan's perspective on transfers and formations. #mufc pic.twitter.com/xZa0F7ATGv
— Hashbrown (@hesham786) August 20, 2015
The stunt was meant in good humour, and apparently Louis Van Gaal saw the funny side:
People ridiculing me over the sheet I handed to LVG, yet it was a tongue-in-cheek gesture. LVG smiled and took it in good humour. #mufc
— Hashbrown (@hesham786) August 20, 2015
What's unusual about this though, is that he actually made some solid points. Most Manchester United fans would be delighted to see the club pursuing Athletic Bilbao centre-back Aymeric Laporte, and Atletico Madrid's attacker Antoine Griezmann. Of course, the likelihood of those deals being pushed through in the final 10 days of the window are very unlikely, it's not like he's asking for Messi and Ronaldo.
The tactics for the most part are spot on too, so while it is completely absurd to hand over a sheet of paper with how you want to see the club run to the manager of Manchester United, at least he's made a few good points.
