The biggest factor in United's success or failure next season will be Van Gaal, not the Adidas kit deal. Can we talk about that?
It seems strange Van Gaal has not gone straight to the club after the World Cup, and instead just emailed an inexperienced coach his training plans, considering what PoP has said about the emphasis he places on drilling the players.
Has Van Gaal down any house-hunting in the area? Or is the day to day running going to be down to Giggs via email, with him jetting in for the games? Serious question.
It is equally strange, or not, that the players Utd are being linked with, or linking themselves with, all bear the stamp of last summer's transfer attempts, rather than any off-the-radar moves that are more possibly down to Van Gaal.
Surely Van Gaal could have emailed the club as to some good prospects or names for them to start approaching? That is, if he is really involved in the transfer process. United supporters say he is, but there is no evidence of it.
At the same time, the only players off the books are those who have big enough current kudos to get themselves a move elsewhere, Ferdinand, Evra, Vidic.
Meanwhile, they harbour an overcrowded hospice for defunct midfielders. And Johnny Evans is their best CB. And they have 4 strikers, one a Mexican reserve who wants away, one who can't score goals, one who smokes, and one who is good actually but is getting on a bit and coming to the new season off a hard World Cup.
So are the club execs waiting for Van Gaal to run his eye over the squad and give the nod to who stays, who goes? Which seems reasonable, except he's not there, and again, trimming the squad does not appear to be something anyone is too bothered about.
There is certainly no evidence, apart from Utd supporters consistently saying it, that Van Gaal has any vision for the club at all, nor any that anyone behind the scenes does either.
Awash with money, everybody's brought in milk, sugar, and biscuits, but no-one's remembered the teabags.
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