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Man Utd's van Gaal: It won't be difficult to fit six new players in

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal suggests it will not be too hard a task to add six new players to his line-up.

The Red Devils brought in left-back Luke Shaw, midfielder Ander Herrera, winger Angel Di Maria, the versatile Daley Blind, defender Marcos Rojo and star striker Radamel Falcao recently and van Gaal is of the belief that he can fit them all into his starting eleven after getting rid of more than a dozen players in the summer.

"We bought five players and one player is on loan here and maybe we can buy him next season, and that's Falcao," van Gaal said.

"We let go [of] 14 players. How to fit in these players is not so difficult, I think, when you let go 14 players and only six players come in."

Ahead of this weekend's home clash with QPR, van Gaal added that he expects his players to lift their performance levels after failing to win in their opening four matches so far this season.

"They have to perform our philosophy [against QPR] and that philosophy is not so easy to perform. We have seen it already. But the players we have selected [in the transfer window] shall do that better," he added.

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