Make no mistake, the Manchester United faithful have lost hope and patience with Louis van Gaal.

Once a manager has no credibility with the vast majority of supporters it is a near impossible task to turn things around.

The 3-2 defeat by Wolfsburg, which saw a premature end to United's Champions League dreams, was the final nail in van Gaal's coffin. Forget that United is a respectable fourth in the Premier League — when a manager has spent £350 million on 13 players and he says "we look better without the ball than with it," the fat lady has sung.