Louis van Gaal opens up on being betrayed by Manchester United!

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Louis van Gaal: “Manchester United put my head in a noose and I was publicly placed on the gallows."

“The pressure was enormous with my head in the noose and they went right behind my back."

“I think it was all orchestrated like a film and it was done very much behind my back right from January."

“My wife, Truus, told me that the attitude of the board had changed. Women have this intuition. They smell it."

“I denied it, even to my wife, because between me as a manager and the chief executive Ed Woodward, everything was running as normal.”

“Suddenly former players started to yap in the media that we were playing boring football."

"And Jose Mourinho's sacking made it very attractive for everyone to keep bashing me."

“I do understand that choice of United to get Mourinho. I never wanted more than two years anyway. Manchester United wanted 3 years."

“Suddenly, Jose Mourinho was out after one-and-a-half years of my contract and I knew Manchester United wanted him one day."

“They told me only after it was leaked out and it was the biggest disappointment of my life."

“Manchester United did not discuss (Jose Mourinho plan) with me."

"If Manchester United had come to me the Mourinho plan then I could have said 'okay, let's give it everything for the last 6 months'."

"Complete commitment to each other and the team and then Jose Mourinho can take over."

“They could have saved the last year of my salary by doing that but after what happened I made them pay every penny.” #MUFC