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

6. And He's Won The Champions League

As well as winning the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich, van Gaal has also proven himself in Europe, winning the Champions League and UEFA Super Cup with Ajax. Former United manager Sir Alex Ferguson didn't fail at much, but if there was one thing he didn't quite get right it was winning the Champions League, having won the trophy only twice in his quarter-century reign at Old Trafford. Successor David Moyes meanwhile had very little experience of European football, so United fans can at least take comfort in the fact van Gaal has been out and won the prestigious cup, by seeing off AC Milan in 1995. van Gaal reached another Champions League final in 2010, as Bayern Munich manager, losing against Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan. And though he has yet to replicate his successes with Ajax, he at least has the experience to mount a serious challenge if and when we get back into Europe next year.