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Louis van Gaal has challenged Ed Woodward and the Manchester United board to buy him a team capable of winning the Premier League title.

The Dutchman guided United back into the Champions League in his first year at Old Trafford, after spending more than £150m last summer on six new players, including Angel Di Maria for a British record fee.

But he insists that if he’s expected to mount a serious title challenge next season, the board will have to spend to help him assemble a squad capable of doing it.

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Van Gaal told MUTV: “The board of Manchester United shall say now we have to battle for the championship.

"It’s a fantastic challenge but that’s also dependable on how we can purchase very good players and how we can improve our balance in our selection.

“When you see against Arsenal what I have to do to change, I have to put players on other positions that I never play and that’s a pity because the balance in our play was not good.

“We need two players in every position and then they can perform more easily.

“The board has purchased me to win the title and my curriculum says that.

Of course I want to win titles and I want to win it for the fans but also for myself.

“The biggest challenge is what your ambition is and my ambition is to give titles but it is not easy.

"We will fight till the end and I shall give everything in me to build a new champions team.”

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