Wayne Rooney came out to fight for Louis van Gaal.
As pressure
mounts on Louis van Gaal's position at Manchester United, Wayne Rooney
insists players are still fighting for the manager to turn their season
around.
United
have failed to win their last six games in all competitions, which have
included crashing out of the Champions League at the group stage and
slipping out of the Premier League top four, while the Dutchman has been
criticised for a lacklustre style of play.
The
69-year-old cut a press conference short on Wednesday following
suggestions that sacked Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is being lined up
as his replacement, but Rooney is adamant that players are still behind
Van Gaal.
Speaking to Sky Sports,
the United captain said: 'In the last few weeks results haven't been
great for us and its been frustrating as a player to deal with. We have
to be strong and stay together to get the results that we need.
'Obviously,
there are a lot of people talking about things they believe are
happening when in reality people writing that stuff and don't really
know what's happening.
'We are working hard, we are fighting for the manager to try and turn the season around. It's important we all stick together.'
Rooney has
also come under scrutiny himself this season following a series of
ineffectual displays that have garnered only two league goals, although
the England international accepts his form has been poor and he must
improve.
'I know that I have not been playing well and I'm working hard to try and improve and do my best for the team,' he said.It's not
nice when yore getting criticised after every game. It's tough for the
players to deal with but we are proud to play for Manchester United -
and when it's not going right its hard to take.
'The
way the last few weeks have gone, it's not the way we wanted it to go
but we are working hard to try and make things right and hopefully we
can do that,' he added.
In
a an effort to reverse the team's fortunes, Rooney admitted that talks
have taken place between the players to discuss solutions to their
problems, although he insists that is common practice.
'As
a group of players we know that we can do better. We regularly have
meetings with the players, myself and the other senior players... and
with the manager as well,' he said.
'We
are all working together trying to come up with he best solution to try
and win football matches. I think that's normal in a club like this.'
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