Louis Van Gaal
Louis Van Gaal has been named as the new Manchester United manager, with Ryan Giggs working as his assistant, the BBC reports.
The Dutchman has signed a three-year contract and will take charge at Old Trafford after leading the Netherlands at this summer’s World Cup in Brazil.
The 62-year-old has won titles with Ajax, Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
United sacked David Moyes in April – 10 months after he succeeded Sir Alex Ferguson, who retired last summer.
Giggs, 40, took charge on an interim basis for the final four games of the season.
He met Van Gaal in the Netherlands last week to talk about his future at the club as a member of the coaching staff and as a player.
United finished seventh in the Premier League, after a title defence that featured one-sided defeats by Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea.
The club failed to qualify for the Champions League for the first time since 1995-96 and will not play European football entirely for the first time in 25 years.
Club legend Giggs, Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti and Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp had been linked to the post after Moyes’s dismissal, but Van Gaal is the man trusted to restore the club to the top of the domestic and European game.
The new United boss is expected to get significant transfer funds to bring in new players.
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