LvG: Januzaj should have listened and stayed in England

Adnan Januzaj was a shock summer depaeture, when he left the club for Borussia Dortmund on a year long loan, after playing in the opening fixtures.

Louis van Gaal has revealed that he was keen for Januzaj to join a Premier League club, after fears he wouldn’t get in the Dortmund team. Now that those fears have been confirmed, the manager says we will have to wait and see if Januzaj made the right decision.

It’s the same as at Manchester United. He has to compete with higher-level players. I want him to play all the matches, and that’s why I wanted to play him in the Premier League, but he chose Borussia Dortmund. We have to wait and see [if it’s a good move] because now he doesn’t play.

I am certain he has the talent to play, but he has to learn a lot of things. Talent is important, but so is the character to develop your talent. And he can learn that.

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6 Comments

ashtheking November 21, 2015

This again proves player choosing short time glamour over some hardwork, ask hernandez how it worked for choosing Rmadrid or ask Welbeck. If this is januzaj decision to play for dortmund then he may have wasted one full year.

Costas November 21, 2015

Or maybe you shouldn't have treated him like dogshit after the Villa game, ruining whatever confidence he was trying to build for himself. It's easy (especially for a manager who's too blinded by ego to acknowledge any personal mistakes) to blame Januzaj, but it wouldn't hurt to look deeper into that loan move. If Januzaj is supposedly highly ranked within the club, he shouldn't be going out on loan at this stage of his career. Especially to a club where competition for places will be just as fierce as it is for United.

It was a great move for Van Gaal though. He got rid of a nagging headache and now he can afford to blame the player for his failure.

ThymmEde November 21, 2015

Playing outside England isn't the problem. The pressure from the press expectations and general scrutiny is less outside England. Look at Salah doing well for Fiorentina, juan Cuadrado another chelshit flop doing well at Juve. Even Schurle and DeBruyne had it good at Wolfsburg. He went to a club that with arguably better wingers than we have in the likes of Reus, Aubumeyang, Mkitaryan, Blaczkykowski. They are not short of wide players and attackers there. He went to the wrong German club, thought he would get into the spot light quickly there, forgetting that the loan was an opportunity to learn more rather than showcase what you think you already have. Just my opinion

Costas didn't you read LVG's comments? He wanted him to remain in England at a club where he would get more gain time and experience. But he choose Dortmond which has turned out to be a wrong decision so far. And you know LVG will always say the blunt truth. You can manage to blame him for not having enough game time at United but don't blame him that the same thing is happening to the lad at Dortmond

Xyth X November 21, 2015

If this is true, than Januzaj, his dad and his agent are even bigger idiots than I thought!

Tyler_Ross November 24, 2015

Funny, two seasons ago he was our academy star. Now he looks lucky to come back and ever lock down a starting spot. I still someday long to see Martial up top, Memphis on the LW, Lingard on the RW and Janazaj playing CF.

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