reinforcements in January, but Louis van Gaal is wary
of a "difficult" transfer window.
Louis van Gaal wants to add to his Manchester United squad in
the upcoming transfer window but says January is a "more
difficult" market than the close-season.
United sit third in the Premier League table ahead of Saturday's
home game against West Ham but, despite being just one point
adrift of leaders Manchester City, Van Gaal has faced criticism
for his side's functional and often underwhelming recent
performances.
The Old Trafford club have scored just seven goals in their last
nine matches in all competitions and are suffering with a raft of
injury problems, leading to speculation that Van Gaal may
attempt to bring in more firepower when the transfer window
reopens next month.
However, speaking at his pre-West Ham media conference on
Friday, Van Gaal sounded sceptical on his chances of
strengthening his squad before the end of the season.
"They are always contact injuries and you cannot afford that.
We have a lot of contact injuries and also long-lasting injuries
so that's our problem," the Dutchman explained.
"So we are looking [at players for January] but as you know it is
not so easy to buy players and in January it is more difficult.
We are looking but it is not for sure."
Van Gaal also revealed that captain Wayne Rooney is out of
Saturday's match and may miss next week's crucial Champions
League trip to Wolfsburg due to a "nasty" ankle injury, while
defender Marcos Rojo is facing a spell on the sidelines after
dislocating his shoulder in training.
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