Five reasons why Louis Van Gaal will succeed at Manchester United

The season 2013-14 was a nightmare for the Red half of Manchester. Come this season, with a new Manager with an unwavering pedigree at the helm can they can get back to challenging for titles? Here are 5 reasons why bringing Louis Van Gaal make them an instant title contender:
1. He has been there - done that! :
Louis Van Gaal vast experience of winning at every level with different clubs and different leagues gives him huge advantage in managing Manchester United. David Moyes though a good manager, had not won any trophy with Everton during his tenure. But Louis van Gaal is a serial winner, under him Ajax won three Eredivisie titles, one UEFA Cup, and the holy Champions League. With Barcelona he won two Spanish La Liga titles and one Copa Del Rey. Moreover, he secured the Eredivisie with minnows AZ Alkmaar as well as the Bundesliga title and DFB-Pokal, with Bayern Munich, reaching the Champions League final. Recently he led an average and inexperienced Netherlands side to third place finish at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. As a manager bringing in a winning ability, Louis van Gaal is colossal.

2. Ability to back and develop promising young players into world class superstars:
Known as Iron Tulip, he promoted players like Seedorf, Kluivert, Xavi and Thomas Muller at the clubs he managed over the years. With Manchester United having a flurry of exciting young talent coming through the ranks in recent years, there are unlimited possibilities. With young talents like Shaw, De Gea, Jones, Zaha and Powell already on board and the United academy consistently producing promising youngsters such as Januzaj, Reece James, Jesse Lingard, James Wilson and Andreas Perreira among others, it will be great to see if Louis Van Gaal can repeat something like “the class of 92”.

3. Backing of the management:
Quality additions through big signings of Ander Herrera for €36 million and Luke Shaw for €37.4 million, a world record transfer fee for a teenager show confidence of Manchester United board in Van Gaal. Moreover Red Devils are ferociously pursuing Arturo Vidal and Mats Hummels this summer who are Louis Van Gaal main target.  There have been constant comments by the board that they are ready to break transfer records for the right players. That kind of confidence in Van Gaal has boosted the morale of everyone in and around the club.

4. Flexibility & Tactical Genius:
  LvG is a proven tactical genius. In the World Cup, he changed the long standing 4-3-3 formation, which is considered as the default and almost a compulsory design in an Orange team and instead went with 5-3-2. With this system, two strikers, the number 10 can play and even two midfielders can be accommodated along with constant width by the wing-backs. Considered a tactical suicide, the tactic instead decimated Champions Spain and many more teams through the tournament finishing at third. With Rooney and Mata at his disposal, Van Gaal will have numerous options to tweak with. Last season Moyes and his poor tactics undermined the considerable talent in the club. Louis Van Gaal on the other hand can play numerous formation and tactics with the same time and this flexibility towards constantly evolving and trying is one of his greatest talent.

5. Motivating and developing a winning team spirit:
The Czar of Alkmaar is not just a fierce trainer but also a great motivator. He is known to get the best out of his players. With Robin Van Persie already a strong supporter and on board from the Dutch camp, Van Gaal will rally his troops with the mentality to fight and win every second of a game and every blade of grass.

These are exciting times for Manchester United fans and football lovers to see how van Gaal extracts the best out of the team while the Red Devils march towards an exciting title challenge.