MU Bakal Gusur Enam Pemain di Bawah Standar van Gaal
Six Players Face Manchester United Judgement Day
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
NANI, Anderson, Marouane Fellaini, Shinji Kagawa dan Javier Hernandez merupakan pemain yang disebut-sebut bakal dicampakkan oleh pelatih Manchester United (MU), Louis Van Gaal.
Sementara, posisi Wilfried Zaha juga berada di ujung tanduk untuk terus barkostum skuat Setan Merah. Keenam pemain itu masuk dalam deretan penggawa MU yang bakal "dibersihkan" dari kubu Old Trafford memasuki musim kompetisi 2014/2015.
Ini "revolusi" khas Van Gaal, yakni membersihkan anasir lawas untuk menemukan skuat yang lebih bugar dan siap mengarungi kompetisi musim depan yang sarat tantangan, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
"Saya akan memutuskan setelah menjalani tur ini," kata Van Gaal sesaat sebelum melakoni laga melawan Liverpool dalam final International Champions Cup 2014.
Manchester United meraih gelar juara International Champions Cup 2014 setelah mengalahkan Liverpool, 3-1, di Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Selasa (4/8).
"Saya telah memberi keleluasaan kepada seluruh pemain untuk tampil, meski saya telah tahu sebelum tur ini digelar...Dalam sepak bola, Anda harus berani mengambil keputusan. Saya akan mengatakannya kepada para pemain, tidak dengan Anda (pers)," katanya juga.
Atletico Madrid belakangan ini mengincar Hernandez dan Kagawa, meski pemain asal Jepang ini juga berminat kembali ke Borrusia Dortmund.
Sementara itu, ketika menyinggung mengenai Hernandez, pelatih asal Belanda itu menyatakan, "Saya beranggapan bahwa setiap striker punya peluang besar untuk mencetak gol, dengan begitu ia punya alasan untuk diturunkan pelatih."
"Kami tampil sebagai sebuah tim dan menjalin kerjasama tim. Saya tidak mengevaluasi orang per orang, karena kami tampil sebagai sebuah tim, bukan tampil secara individual," kata Van Gaal menegaskan.
NANI, Anderson, Marouane Fellaini, Shinji Kagawa and Javier Hernandez are those most under threat. Wilfried Zaha, whose future at United appeared bleak, is battling to win another chance at the club.
‘I shall make judgments after this tour,’ said Van Gaal when quizzed about his plans as United prepared to face Liverpool in the International Champions Cup final overnight before flying straight home.
‘I have let all the players play and I now know more than before the tour.
‘Now, also, it is a little bit soon to judge, but in football you have to judge. You have to give the player a chance to make a transfer when I see that his prospects to play are not so high. You have to say it in advance, because it’s too late after August 31. I will tell players after the tour but to them, not to you.’
Atletico Madrid are actively pursuing Hernandez and Kagawa, who also continues to be linked with his former club Borussia Dortmund. Van Gaal admits he has too many midfielders capable of operating in the No 10 role that he has given to Juan Mata, and the Japan star appears to be the odd man out.
Meanwhile, any suggestion that Hernandez had impressed his manager by scoring in Saturday night’s 3-1 victory over Real Madrid in front of a record 109,318 fans at Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, was quickly snuffed out by the Dutchman.
‘I think the striker has the biggest chance to score, so that it is not the reason why a player plays,’ said Van Gaal in response to a question about the Mexico striker.
‘We are playing as a team and the team scores. I don’t make individual evaluations because we are playing with a team, not individual players.’
