Of course, one thing that you cant get away from is that this is a foreign appointment. A situation that is foreign to Manchester United after their long succession of British managers. Its clearly a road that they wanted to continue to go down after the Moyes appointment. Like foreign players, you can never be quite sure how a foreign manager will work out. As mentioned, we already know that Ryan Giggs will be involved as well but it may well be that other former British players will join him in the same capacity. That being said, its also highly likely that Van Gaal will come with one or two Dutch friends.Therefore, how the British and Dutch blend together is another potential interesting aspect to this. Finally, it will interesting to see how strongly Man Utd onto their traditions. For instance, the club has a history of bringing through players from the youth system as well as keeping a strong nucleus of top British players. The Dutchman may feel that he doesnt need to do that, so as well as failing he may lead the club down a path that could lead to a loss of identity.