Van Gall himself has been aware of his precarious position regarding his job at Old Trafford for some time now. After the humiliating defeat to Stoke, it would appear that his time at the club were almost up.
Van Gaal’s grim post-match press conference was evidence to the fact that he was under intense pressure to hold on to his job at the club.
Providing his analysis on why United were some abysmal at the Brittania stadium, he said his side lost the plot in the first half of the game.
“We have lost the game in the first 45 minutes because we didn’t dare to play our football,” said Van Gaal, whose side host Chelsea on Monday.
“The circumstances now play a bigger role and will in the next game also. We have to cope with that and look for the solution.
“It is very difficult as I’m also part of four losses and I have to cope with that and I have to manage that. More important is that my players shall manage that because they have to perform.”
The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss when asked if his job was in danger after the abject defeat to the Potters, was quick to say that he could quit the job if he wanted to even before the club could sack him.
“It is not always the club that has to fire or sack me,” he said.
“Sometimes I do that by myself, but I am the one who wants to speak first with the board of Manchester United and my members of staff and my players, not with you.”
He also reiterated that he still had the support of the players, the fans and the United board despite the latest debacle. Van Gaal, who succeeded David Moyes in the summer of 2014, said the club had backed him “all the time” but added: “We have lost so there is a new situation.
“I feel the support of my players and my board. The fans will be disappointed, but that is logical after four defeats.”
Van Gaal also said that he did not think it was important that Woodward had not publicly supported him.
“For me it’s much more important that people are saying that to me,” he said. “I am not so interested in public sayings,” he signed off.
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