Even though Manchester United has been one the biggest disappointments this English season yet its manager Van Gaal is optimistic they can still qualify for the championship league but only if they beat Bournemouth tomorrow while Manchester City loses to Swansea. This is arithmetically possible but if we talk about its odds on paper, bookies have given a daunting 7-1 odds in United favor to finish the season residing among the top four. Moreover, Dutchman job has always been in danger and this time too when everyone is talking about his sacking news, former Real Madrid boss only hopes to first qualify for the UEFA tourney replacing City and then convince his bosses to keep him on the job. Actually, Red Devils chances were skimmed after their 3-2 loss at West Ham last Tuesday otherwise they were having much stronger chance to finish among top four and Van Gaal wants to keep hope alive by issuing exaggerated media bytes.
On the other hand, Jose Mourinho, who was also sacked from his top Stamford Bridge job for similar reasons, is now ready to replace another possible sacking of the same nature. Although, Dutchman does not see any chance to leave the side, yet experts and fans are very much willing to say him goodbye and follow the tradition that started from the sacking of David Moyes who also lost his job after failing to qualify for the Champions League. Expressing his firm belief that he would be kept over the post, 64-year-old said, “Yeah, but you and your colleagues have sacked me for six months, so I have worked with these circumstances already for six months and we are still in the race. You cannot say that we are not.
“We can win the FA Cup. How many are still in the race? How many? It’s not so much so. Of course, when we don’t qualify ourselves we don’t reach our aim. That is true because our aim was to qualify ourselves for the Champions League. That was our aim. But we are in the final of the FA Cup and we are in the race in the last match — mathematically we can qualify ourselves still. How many clubs can say that? Of course you can say Manchester United need to be champions — yes, I know, the expectations are like that, but I don’t think that is realistic.
“And I have said I shall be here, that is my opinion, so the board has to decide if it is like that. That is a different way of looking to the situation.”