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IAN LADYMAN: Louis van Gaal's Dutch team look like his version of Manchester United… over-coached and underwhelming, we should NOT be worried if England face them in the World Cup last 16

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An abiding personal memory of Louis van Gaal's time at Manchester United is of watching him telling Wayne Rooney how to take a penalty.

It was summer of 2014 and Van Gaal's side were training at Washington's FedEx Field ahead of a friendly against Inter Milan.

Van Gaal was the new manager and Rooney his new captain. But that did not stop the great Dutchman calling a halt to a penalty practice session to take hold of Rooney by the shoulders and walk him through exactly the technique he believed would work best.