Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal says his Champions League winning team at Ajax played plenty of "attacking football".

Addressing the LMA annual conference, the Manchester United boss defended his record on entertainment having been accused by Paul Scholes of running a team that lacked "creativity and risk" and wasn't enjoyable to play in.

"We won everything with very attacking football. I don't say it too much because otherwise Mr Scholes will be very angry!" he laughed.

"We didn't have any money and we were bankrupt, so I had to look to youth. We scouted [Jari] Litmanen, a Finnish player, who we bought for £10,000. We also bought Finidi George. He was a Nigerian international. He was £3,000. I paid it by myself! And then, we bought Marc Overmars."