Tottenham legend Glenn Hoddle can't see Louis van Gaal being satisfied with his Manchester United team this season.

He wrote in the Mail on Sunday: "Van Gaal has done the right thing for the club, effectively saying: 'By hook or by crook we'll get in the top four.'

"He will have seen what happened to David Moyes last year and will have been aware that he might not have survived if he didn't achieve that minimum goal.

"But I can't believe it is Van Gaal's long-term solution for the club. It's certainly not the scintillating football of United's past. It's more huff and puff than the kind of swagger we associate with United, and it has taken some time to get to this solution, abandoning a back three along the way.

"If it hadn't been for David de Gea, who has been outstanding, he might have been in trouble. Make no mistake, De Gea saved United's season, especially early on."