Louis van Gaal revealed that an envious Jose Mourinho congratulated him after landing the Manchester United managerial job.
The 62-year-old was officially named as United’s replacement for David Moyes on Monday and, speaking to a Dutch chat show, he said the Chelsea boss was jealous of his list of clubs having previously managed Barcelona, Bayern Munich Ajax and Holland.
Van Gaal said: ‘Mourinho congratulated me. He was the first one I texted and he was the first one to text me back. He said he was jealous of my list of clubs.
‘I didn’t call Manchester United, I didn’t call Bayern Munich, they’ve always called me. And I’m proud of that.’
The Dutchman is also relishing the challenge of taking Manchester United back to the top of English football where Sir Alex Ferguson left them after a dismal campaign under Moyes saw them finish seventh in the Premier League.
He said: ‘The aim is to bring them (United) back to the No 1 position as soon as possible because that is where they were under Sir Alex Ferguson.
‘I’ll undoubtedly have a drink with Ferguson. We’ve done that before and we like each other, Daily Mail informs.
