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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20182424" data-attributes="member: 158020">Woodward's comments after Van Gaal's arrival at Manchester United come back to haunt him <img src="http://static.goal.com/2987900/2987912_heroa.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Ed Woodward’s comments about Louis van Gaal following the Dutchman’s arrival at Manchester United have come back to haunt him.Van Gaal was sacked by United on Monday after victory in the FA Cup final on Saturday was not deemed enough to warrant a third season at Old Trafford.And during his two campaigns in the Premier League, Van Gaal failed to deliver on his reputation of playing fast, attacking football.And that’s exactly the style Woodward claimed Van Gaal would deliver after a turbulent 10 months under David Moyes saw the club finish seventh in the table. "He's got incredible energy and very importantly he likes attacking football," said Woodward back in July 2014."If you remember the Barcelona team he managed in the late 90s, they played incredible, attacking football, and those games we had against them in 98/99, that's the kind of football Manchester United fans love. It's part of our DNA."Woodward will be hoping it’s third time lucky with Jose Mourinho.</blockquote>

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