10 Things Man Utd Fans Need To Know About Louis Van Gaal

2. He Has An Eye For Young Talent

Louis van Gaal has a proven track record for spotting young and exciting new talent, having unearthed Thomas Muller, Holger Badstuber and Bastian Schweinsteiger while at Bayern and giving them a run in the first team - a platform which then allowed them to go on to become some of the club's best and most influential stars. The Dutchman's Champions League-winning Ajax side also contained the likes of a young Edwin van der Sar, Clarence Seedorf, Edgar Davids, Jari Litmanen, Marc Overmars and Frank and Ronald de Boer - again showing van Gaal is not only fully prepared to give youth a chance, but can get the best out of them. This will likely come as good news to some of our future stars, such as Adnan Januzaj and James Wilson, who could yet become two more beneficiaries of van Gaal's attentiveness to youth.