Louis Van Gaal was surprisingly blunt about why he sold Danny Welbeck in today's press conference. The reason Welbeck, who has been at United long enough to have been coached by captain Keane in the early 2000s, was allowed leave was because he wasn't Manchester United standard.
The standard, according to Louis Van Gaal, is to be at Wayne Rooney or Robin Van Persie's level and his goalscoring record does not measure up.
I have given all the players a chance to convince me of their qualities. Danny Welbeck was here when he was nine.
He played here for three seasons after Sunderland, but he doesn’t have the record of Van Persie or Rooney and that is the standard. That is why we let him go, because of Falcao, but also the youngsters who can fit in.
