Compared to Moyes’s inhibited nature on the touchline, Van Gaal was the master of the grand gesture, even doing an imaginary karate kick when Marcel Desailly got away with a crazy, high challenge on Litmanen in Vienna. His tactical intelligence was clear in the way he outwitted Fabio Capello in the 1995 final, particularly with his bold substitutions with the score at 0-0. He sent on Kanu for Seedorf, and then Patrick Kluivert for Litmanen. Kluivert was 18, largely untried but he rolled the mighty Franco Baresi, slipping ahead of Zvonimir Boban to settle the game. Yet Van Gaal’s crowning glory came 19 years ago. United should try for Klopp first and then return to Van Gaal.