Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal is making a serious push for his millionaire stars to mix more with supporters. Van Gaal wants to improve fan engagement among his squad and his new policy recently saw Colombian striker Radamel Falcao ordered off the team bus to chat to eager fans who gathered in chilly temperatures at the club's Carrington training base.
A United insider told the Daily Mail: "The manager reckoned the players had come detached from the supporters and he thinks that the fans are the most important people at the club.
"The players used to jump straight into waiting cars and they'd be gone but that's all changed now.
"And it's not just at the stadium. At Carrington recently, the players were waiting for the bus to leave to take them to the hotel before a match and one of the staff asked Falcao to get off and go and sign some autographs for the punters who'd turned up. It's good to see."