Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has sympathy for Louis van Gaal over his problems at Manchester United.

Wenger has sympathy for his opposite number's claim that he needs time to adjust to English football and he reflected that it was easier for him to settle when joining Arsenal in 1996 because the team were more stable.

"The rule is every day you have to criticise somebody or you don't sleep well overnight," said Wenger.

"Because we are in a public job, we have to accept that. You adapt first to your club, to your team, and after that the players who play for you are used to playing in the League. It's less a problem of adapting to the League, it's more an adaptation to the style of play, to the quality of the players.

"It's important you know well the players you have and I believe Manchester United are in a construction because they got many new players this year. When I arrived here, I had a stable team who was used to playing in the Premier League."