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Louis Van Gaal refuses to get involved in a mental scrap with Jose Mourinho

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The Chelsea boss recently hit out at the wage demands of new Manchester United defender Luke Shaw – but Van Gaal said he would not let him get under his skin.

Van Gaal, who appointed Mourinho as his assistant while at Barcelona, said: “He shall not do that with me.

“I play against Chelsea and not against Jose Mourinho.

“My team and his team are playing against each other.”

United have spent ÂŁ60m on new talent but the United boss says he’s determined to give opportunities to the young players already at the club.

He added: “When you see Ajax, I had the youngest team to win the Champions League with 17, 18, 19-year-old players. And the way you see Barcelona still playing with six players from my time is because I gave a lot of chances to the youth players.

“The structure and the culture of the club is Xavi, [Andres] Iniesta, [Carles] Puyol, [Victor] Valdes. Thiago Motta, I also gave his debut and he is playing in Paris St Germain, not a little club.

“At Bayern Munich, it was the same. You can see that in [Thomas] Mueller, [David] Alaba, [Toni] Kroos, that kind of player, so I am always for the long term not the short term.

“When I buy, I buy players for the long term, not the short term because I do respect the club a lot.”

Written by Steve Milne

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