Twitter goes crazy and sacks Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal; turns out to be a hoax

Manchester United are currently enduring a lean spell in the league, having not won a match in their last 6 competitive matches and have been eliminated from the Champions League as well. Their dismal run of form has raised a lot of questions over the future of manager Louis van Gaal, with fans speculating that the Dutchman could get sacked soon.

The immediate availability of former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola at the end of the season have served to increase rumours of his sacking, with United fans all over the world resorting to spreading false rumours about him having been removed from his position last night.

However, as it currently stands, Van Gaal is still the manager of the Old Trafford outfit and Jose Mourinho's agent Jorge Mendes has said that nobody has approached him for his client's services from Manchester United.

Here are the best tweets and vines from social media:

Is winter coming for Louis van Gaal? https://t.co/4qkx7WbjiC

— JOE.co.uk (@JOE_co_uk) December 22, 2015

LvG: "Hey Giggs, You think I'll still have a job by Christmas?" https://t.co/qKmuqVB0xv

— Football Tweets (@FutballTweets) December 22, 2015

MUFC Board: You've been sacked. Van Gaal: Can I have another chance? MUFC Board: We've given you more chances than you created all season.

— Transfer Related (@TransferRelated) December 22, 2015

BREAKING: Louis van Gaal has been sacked but he's unable to leave the building as he keeps passing sideways & backwards through the doors.

— Manchester United (@ManUtdChannel) December 22, 2015

Van Gaal guff similar to that time an attention-seeking commentator said United had bid for Harry Kane. Twitter believed that one, too.

— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) December 22, 2015

According to UK reports, Louis van Gaal has been sacked. #MUFC

— indykaila News (@indykaila) December 22, 2015

BREAKING: Louis van Gaal has been sacked. Jose Mourinho to take over. [via @trevor8sinclair]

— Transfer Related (@TransferRelated) December 22, 2015

This is utterly absurd. BBC Radio 3 is a classical music radio station. https://t.co/4zZPKOaLZp

— Chris M (@ChrisTMoran12) December 22, 2015

Louis van Gaal has been sacked but he will leave only at the end of the season because its a process.

— MCV (@LeftArmOver_) December 22, 2015

Apparently I've been on Sky. That's news to me. I haven't.

— Mark Ogden (@MarkOgden_) December 22, 2015

True that. https://t.co/lHk4BgvsNg

— Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) December 22, 2015

Oh my. Some people appear to be actually taking that seriously.

— Sid Lowe (@sidlowe) December 22, 2015

LVG is to be sacked...... Think Ed Woodward is a City fan #onceablue pic.twitter.com/2zCbdgZEsZ

— Trevor Sinclair (@trevor8sinclair) December 22, 2015

Old photo but LVG has gone

— Trevor Sinclair (@trevor8sinclair) December 22, 2015

Jose's in at the swamp

— Trevor Sinclair (@trevor8sinclair) December 22, 2015

School boy error left my phone on the table at a Christmas party sincere apologies for my last 2 tweets #Merrychristmas

— Trevor Sinclair (@trevor8sinclair) December 22, 2015