Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal is delighted with the leadership of Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie.

It was suggest at the start of the season one of the two would have to make way in Van Gaal's plans. But both are now reaching top form under the Dutchman.

"The attitude of my players is excellent and they have a very high social standard," says Van Gaal.

"That is very important because football is a team sport between co-operating human beings. You have to be social. We have a high social standard in the team.

"Wherever I am in my career, I shall guide and manage the team in a social way of treating each other. It is also part of my philosophy. I cannot explain that in one page, it is a lot of pages. If you read my book, it is all in it.

"Rooney and Van Persie are very social players. They have trained together already for six months this season so it is normal they shall improve. When we are half a year further on, it shall improve even more. That's why we have training."