After reading through enough reports about Louis van Gaal’s future to make our eyes bleed in recent months, perhaps this is the proof that the Dutchman is on the cusp of being given the boot by Manchester United?
On Wednesday, United announced plans for their money-spinning pre-season tour to China. They will face Borussia Dortmund in Shanghai on July 22 before locking horns with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in Beijing three days later.
As pointed out by the eagle-eyed fellows at the Manchester Evening News, Louis van Gaal doesn’t feature in the promotional video for the 2016 video…
We're excited to visit China in July for Tour 2016, presented by Aon. More details: https://t.co/tK53guRQoj #MUtour https://t.co/44mYce4b49
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) March 22, 2016
… although he did appear in the video to promote last year’s tour of the US.
As interesting as this is, we wouldn’t encourage any United fans to go out and buy their Jose Mourinho scarves just yet.