Dutch report says Louis van Gaal will stay at Manchester United, get $140 million to spend

A majority of Manchester United fans have been clamoring for Louis van Gaal to get fired for a long time now, and most assumed he’d be gone at the end of the season, whether or not the club wanted to hire José Mourinho. Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf -- which van Gaal used to write a column for -- thinks otherwise. They’re reporting that van Gaal is going to stick around, and that he’s going to be given another £100 million ($141 million) to spend.

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