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Reuters

Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has slammed Louis van Gaal’s current side, saying he’d hate to play in it.
Scholes, an integral part of Alex Ferguson’s dominant United teams for almost two decades, said there was a "lack of creativity and risk" in Van Gaal’s team.
United exited the League Cup on penalties to second tier Middlesbrough on Wednesday, and haven’t scored in 238 minutes.

 It seems he doesn’t want players to beat men
Louis van Gaal
"It’s a team now you wouldn’t want to play against because they’re tightly organised," Scholes said.
"But it seems he [Van Gaal] doesn’t want players to beat men and it’s probably not a team I’d have enjoyed playing in."
Van Gaal’s side have scored 15 goals in their 10 Premier League games this season, fewer than any other team in the top four.

Captain Wayne Rooney has scored only two Premier League goals this season, but Scholes blamed Van Gaal for that.
"The hardest thing to coach is scoring goals and creativity," he said.
"I was at the derby on Sunday and Rooney’s movement was brilliant but when he’s playing in that team there’s no one prepared to pass to him. I think after 20 minutes you’d be tearing your hair out.
"I played with some brilliant centre forwards and I don’t think they could play in this team – the likes of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Teddy Sheringham.
"You don’t get crosses into the box or midfielders looking for runs."


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Scholes, an integral part of Alex Ferguson’s dominant United teams for almost two decades, said there was a "lack of creativity and risk" in Van Gaal’s team.


Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has slammed Louis van Gaal’s current side, saying he’d hate to play in it


Legend Scholes slams Van Gaal’s boring style of play at Manchester United

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Scholes, an integral part of Alex Ferguson’s dominant United teams for almost two decades, said there was a "lack of creativity and risk" in Van Gaal’s team.

Scholes, an integral part of Alex Ferguson’s dominant United teams for almost two decades, said there was a "lack of creativity and risk" in Van Gaal’s team.