Edwin Van Der Sar says Van Gaal will get United back on track

Former Manchester United ‘keeper Edwin Van Der Sar has backed United manager Louis Van Gaal to restore the famous club to their past glories.

Speaking at the Web Summit yesterday, Van Der Sar said of his fellow Dutchman: “He came in last year after a difficult period, he’s playing some young players now and he wasn’t so lucky with the players he had in his first year, like (Angel) Di Maria. The way he likes to play - in 1991 when he became manager of Ajax, that first year was difficult. The league was difficult, we were fourth, but we won the UEFA Cup the next year. With the results he’s had with Ajax, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, he can bring United back to the success we had with the club in the past.

He has a lot of new players, the backbone of Vidic, Ferdinand and so on is gone, and now Smalling, Jones and the rest are coming through.”