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MUNICH. — Germany World Cup winning skipper Philip Lahm says Louis Van Gaal brought a tactical approach to Bayern Munich but there were issues about the amount of goals that the Bavarian giants were conceding. Vaan Gaal is now the Manchester United manager and the Red Devils have been leaking goals since he took over. “He did a lot of good things here. He brought a more tactical approach. That’s stuck with the team.
“The tactics he introduced were very positive. We had problems with the number of goals we conceded, but we were successful.”

Lahm is contracted to Bayern until 2018.
“Four years is such a long time in football. I’ll be 34 so we’ll have to wait and see. I want to stay in this sport because I love the game and football is such great fun.
“I definitely want to stay in football but we’ll have to see in what capacity.’
Management? He grimaces.

“I don’t think so. It’s difficult and tough.” True, but so is winning the treble and then the World Cup. When the time comes, you suspect Lahm will be up to the challenge.
There was a time when he might have ended up playing in the Premier League. In 2009, Lahm expressed discontent about the lack of direction at Bayern, who seemed to be falling behind the biggest clubs in Europe.

Manchester United made an approach and Barcelona were close to signing him.
English football remains a keen interest. He is perplexed by Manchester City’s failure to make an impression on the Champions League – Bayern play in the same group as the Premier League champions and beat them 1-0 last month.

“I can’t really understand it because Manchester City are an outstanding team and a top side with great players like Yaya Toure.
“They’ve got so many good players in their squad. They did have a tough game to start with here in Munich and that puts you under pressure straight away because you have to go on and win games.

“But I think they have the ability to go a long way in the Champions League. — Mailonline.