After weeks of speculation, Manchester United are finally expected to announce Louis van Gaal as our next permanent manager this week following the sacking of David Moyes. Van Gaal, it is anticipated, will become the club's third manager in less than a year and will take over the reins from the interim player-coach Ryan Giggs after this summer's World Cup. The Netherlands boss is currently preoccupied with the upcoming tournament as he prepares to lead the Oranje into battle in June, before taking on the equally-sizable task of rebuilding United and taking us back to the glory days (we hope). And though the man himself has since gone quiet on whether he indeed will be the man to take on those undertakings, plenty has been said and written about van Gaal, his personality and his coaching methods. Hardly a closed book, the Dutchman already has a reputation in football as something of a success story, and someone who will do it their way - or not at all. With his appointment as Man United boss seemingly inevitable, here we take a look at 10 Things Man Utd Fans Need To Know About Louis Van Gaal - because we'll be seeing a lot more of him in the coming months. Click "Next" to get started.
Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.
