da bet vitoria： Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has rushed to the defence of Wayne Rooney, stating that the club captain would start to deliver.
da premier bet： The England international has made a slow start to the season, with underwhelming performances for the Red Devils against Tottenham and Aston Villa.
With the Old Trafford outfit no longer having Robin van Persie or Radamel Falcao to call upon, the former Everton prodigy is the main number nine option for the Manchester club.
Rooney himself admitted that his performance against Villa was ‘very bad’ – something that Van Gaal respects.
“It starts always with the player himself,” the Dutchman is quoted as saying by The Guardian.
“When you are saying so publicly that you are bad, then you know that you are very bad at that time. I think that’s fantastic that a player will admit that.
“It’s also for me unbelievable because he is one of the few players who is saying those things because it can, after a few weeks, be a threat of the media again, or pressure from the media.
“He takes a risk, I think, but he is very confident that he will make the goals that we expect from him and I am confident also.
“My standards he knows already. He knows my philosophy and what I want from a striker. He thinks that he can perform that and I think that also, otherwise I would not put him in the striker position.
“I have tried last year all the positions and he can play in various positions – he is multifunctional. I think his best position is the striker position and he agreed with that conclusion and the second position is the No10.”
Rooney is expected to lead the line for Van Gaal’s men as they host Newcastle in today’s early Premier League kick-off.
The England international is yet to score this season but will surely have chances to break his duck against Steve McClaren’s men at Old Trafford.
It remains to be seen whether United will bring another striker to the club before the transfer window closes to support Rooney.