Forget insults - now Louis van Gaal is giving journalists cheeky slaps

Van Gaal found the reporter's question so ridiculous that simply saying no wasn’t an adequate response.

Tue, 26 Jan, 2016 - 16:18

Grainne McGuinness

It looks like under-pressure Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal holds journalists in disdain - he is quick to walk out of press conferences and earlier this month he referred to one reporter as

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