Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal wants to put to bed talk of joining Tottenham in the past.

Van Gaal rejected the opportunity to discuss how close he came to signing for Sunday's opponents Tottenham last summer when they sacked Tim Sherwood.

"I don't want to answer that type of question any more," he said.

"It is not interesting anymore. It is the past and we live in the present.

"(Mauricio) Pochettino is working there and I am working here. I am very pleased I am working here and Pochettino should be very pleased he is working there."