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Ryan Giggs insists Louis van Gaal won't be scared of Manchester United challenge

Football

By Mirror | Jul 10, 2014

Manchester United team manager Louis van Gaal [courtesy]

The Dutchman is scheduled to take over at Old Trafford next week after his World Cup duties with his country are curtailed after Saturday's third-place playoff.

Ryan Giggs says Louis van Gaal will not be "scared" by the challenge at Manchester United.

Van Gaal will take over at United next week following Holland's World Cup semi-final penalty shoot-out defeat to Argentina.

Giggs, who will work alongside van Gaal as his assistant, said the 62-year-old former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss would not be fazed by the United job.

United legend Giggs, who retired from playing blast season, said he had been impressed with van Gaal's performance at this summer's World Cup in Brazil and said United fans would feel the same way.

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Giggs said: "I think he has excited everybody. He's mixed up his formations, juggled his players around and got to a World Cup semi-final, which was a great achievement.

"The group he was in, to get out of it in the first place was a real achievement in itself. I'm sure he would like to have gone further, but it wasn't to be.

"He has got a clear philosophy forward to it. He's been at Barcelona, he's been at Bayern Munich, and in my view Manchester United are the biggest. He won't be apprehensive. He can't wait for it I'm sure."

Giggs said the training programme United's players were working on since returning to pre-season training had been laid down by van Gaal.

"I have spoken to him a couple of times, and had a few emails, but it's been hard as he's been travelling or preparing for games somewhere," said Giggs.

"Louis will be joining us next week and get to meet the players and everybody here at Carrington.

"Everything has been planned off Louis. Albert Stuivenberg (assistant coach) and Marcel Bout (another coach installed by van Gaal) know how he works.

"So it's a bit of me getting to know them and them getting to know a bit, but the blueprint and everything else has been laid down by Louis and we're just following his plans."