EPL: Why Van Gaal failed to sign Lewandowski for Manchester United

Louis van Gaal has revealed that he tried to sign Robert Lewandowski
from Bayern Munich, when he was manager of Manchester United.

Van Gaal brought in Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo, Angel Di
Maria, Daley Blind, Memphis Depay, Matteo Darmian, Bastian
Schweinsteiger, Morgan Schneiderlin and Anthony Martial in a
£250million cash splash during his spell at Old Trafford.

However, he failed to add Lewandowski to that list.

Van Gaal says he and United were happy to splash big on the Poland
striker, but Bayern weren't keen to sell.

"He is currently the best striker in the world. I also wanted to train
Lewandowski and wanted to bring him to Manchester United.

"The price was not a problem for Manchester United, but Bayern did not
want to let him go," Van Gaal told Bild.

Van Gaal has also claimed many of his United players were not
"professional" during his time at the side