Manchester United: Allardyce Slams Louis Van Gaal

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West Ham boss, Sam Allardyce, has hit out at Louis van Gaal and claims Manchester United should have backed David Moyes like the Dutchman.

United let slip a two-goal lead for the first time in Premier League when they lost 5-3 to Leicester and recorded the worst Premier League start with only five points in five games under Van Gaal.

"A normal United would have regrouped and won 5-3 at Leicester, not lost. You don't expect them to go under like that. Apparently they are in transition," Allardyce told The Sun.


"But we've been in transition too and, while ours has been smooth, theirs hasn't. We've brought in nine new players and eight have gone out."

Allardyce, a good friend of Moyes, has questioned why Van Gaal's predecessor wasn't backed with £150 million in the transfer market by United when it came to his top targets last summer.

"If I was sat at home in David's shoes I would be wondering why they didn't spend the £150m with me," he added.

"There was a complacency by United in not going out and delivering the signings David felt he needed. Now there's a panic on.

"It was difficult enough taking over from Alex Ferguson but if, when you take over, you don't get what you want, it's so much harder. It was a great shame because he'd done everything right at Everton and Sir Alex saw the fact he wanted to build at United like he had done at Everton.

"I'm not so sure anybody would have been successful in that season - history tells you that.”

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