"I really respect Van Gaal and everything he's done in his career, Schneiderlin admits to FourFourTwo. But even the first time I spoke to him on the phone, he came across quite cold and direct. Schneiderlin had developed into one of the Premier League's best midfielders at Southampton (Image credit: Getty) I was happy to respect the instructions on the pitch, but with him I felt really confined."
"In video sessions, he'd stop the tape and say, Why did you play this 30-yard pass?' Even though it reached its target! The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. He didn't want me to speed up the play. There were loads of things like that. It meant that when I was on the pitch, I wasn't myself. Looking back, I should have just played my natural game."
Morgan Schneiderlin developed at Southampton into an efficient box-to-box midfielder who broke up play, started attacks and earned France call-ups. Manchester United paid £25million to sign him in summer 2015 as Louis van Gaal sought midfield reinforcement. Schneiderlin made an encouraging start but struggled to establish himself as Van Gaal's methods left him feeling confined and unable to play naturally. Van Gaal's video-analysis critiques — questioning long passes and discouraging quicker play — reduced Schneiderlin's influence. Schneiderlin's performances waned amid Manchester United's broader post-Ferguson difficulties, and he departed the club after 18 months.
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