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Revealed: What really led to the sacking of Louis van Gaal at Manchester United

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Louis van Gaal

For a man fond of throwing phrases like “horny” and “sex masochism” into his interviews, there was nothing remotely arousing about Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United - and his players knew it.

In fact, the football played under Van Gaal proved a major turn-off, uninspiring and insipid, the antidote to the thrilling style on which United’s rich attacking heritage was built.

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