Even if it has been a difficult season for Manchester United where they were just a point shy off the Champions League, they still have a chance to salvage the season if they win next Saturday's FA Cup final against Crystal Palace. Former United player Paul Ince, is certain that if United manage to lift the FA Cup by the end of the season, Louis Van Gaal will stay in the club next season regardless of all the backlash he keeps getting from the press and former players.
Ince wanted to compare this situation with Sir Alex Ferguson's back in 1900, the Scotsman came dangerously close to getting sacked but the FA Cup success that year saved his neck. After that, 'Fergie' gave United their most successful period in history, but the fans needed to be extremely patient with him for at least four years since he arrive in the club. Ince was a part of that 1990 team, he remembers it fondly.
"Go back to Fergie in 1990. If we hadn't won the FA Cup he might not have kept his job. That was the rumor but we will never know. I've been a manager myself and I don't want United to get a reputation for sacking managers. They didn't give David Moyes a chance and there is talk of Van Gaal getting sacked. But I say give him a chance to continue building something. He's been at some great clubs, won trophies at all of them, and you have got to respect his record. Remember, he's been on a learning curve about English football and the club has been in transition. Hopefully he's learned everything he needs to know now.
"With the millions and millions they have spent they should have qualified for the Champions League. That is a major disappointment but doesn't mean they should sack him and bring in someone who would rip up everything again. Winning the Cup would certainly help his cause. I'm all for continuity. Let him go again next season and if it doesn't work, then make a change. The game has changed but United have lost that aura. We used to beat teams just by lining up in the tunnel. They need five or six new players and they have got to play more attacking football and score more goals."
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