5 costly mistakes by Manchester United since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement

#5 Backing Louis Van Gaal with exorbitant sums

Loius Van Gaal was not very successful with transfers at Manchester United

In retrospect, Manchester United regressed in the two years under Louis Van Gaal. The Dutchman’s philosophy resulted in football which wasn’t suited to the taste of most United fans. Under his watch, United spent more than 300 million pounds on players who either turned out to be average such as Morgan Schneiderlin or could not settle at United, such as Falcao and Angel Di Maria.

The end result has been a gargantuan mess that Jose has been cleaning up for the last two years. To put the cherry on top, Van Gaal also contributed hugely on the selling side of transfers. He shipped out trusted club men such as Danny Welbeck and Chicharito - players who Mourinho has gone on record to say that he would never have sold.