(UPDATE: transcriptions of what Blanc, Van Gaal said in response to the Angel Di Maria questions tonight)
Louis van Gaal sparred with reporters a little bit towards the end of the postgame press conference tonight. You can hear his back and forth with a reporter present in this audio file embedded below. You can also hear yours truly, in the middle towards the end. I asked Van Gaal the question about what’s been the highlights of what he’s seen this summer preseason tour.
Conversely I followed up with what have the lowlights.
Van Gaal’s side lost 2-0 to Paris St. Germain in the preseason friendly. With the win, PSG claim the International Champions Cup.
Van Gaal was of course asked about Angel Di Maria, and he was coy in his response. He had some fun with it.
“I don’t know where he is,” Van Gaal responded.
“You can ask it every week, but I don’t answer that question. Maybe you know? I don’t know.
“At Manchester United, we will announce something when it is already done and not when it is not done because it is a process and I have said it many, many times. We have to wait and see.”
A reporter from Kurdistan asked Van Gaal about Di Maria, and the Dutchman responded “he is not going to Kurdistan.”
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In addition we also did a past, present, and future history of each side tonight in order to preview the game.
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