"Am I so brilliant or are you so thick?"

It is one of the most famous quotes from Louis van Gaal during a news conference in his native Holland. When the man with an ego the size of Old Trafford sees his tactics questioned he reacts in the only way he can — to tell the world he is right and any doubters are wrong.

Dutch journalists are surprised it has taken van Gaal until seven months into his time at Manchester United to remind the English of his greatness and ironically it was a fellow manager who lit the blue touch paper.