West Brom goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard has explained leaving Manchester United.

Lindegaard is currently on-loan with Preston North End.

He told the Daily Mirror: "He [Louis Van Gaal] brought in Valdes and it was a tough year, getting degraded a couple of times or more, but there's nothing you can do about it.

"The manager wanted to go in a different direction, and I guess that goes back to his famous philosophy, so I'm not blaming him.

"My reason for staying at United was when Van Gaal came in. I took his arrival as a kind of restart.

"But it just didn't work out for me. It wasn't what I hoped for and what I expected. Looking back, I should have left United when Van Gaal arrived."