Louis van Gaal bows to player power to hold onto his job at Man United [Daily Mail]

The Mail report how Wayne Rooney, Michael Carrick, Chris Smalling and Juan Mata convinced
the manager to relax some of his rules in a meeting last week.
As a result, the United players were allowed to set their own training schedule for Christmas Day, while rules about eating were also changed. The Mail reports:
The rule change even extends to the canteen with players no longer forced to adhere to strict meal times and conditions. They are not required to eat together as a group like before, with individual players free to have breakfast and lunch when it suits them.
Will this be enough to change Man United’s fortunes?
The Red Devils today travel to Stoke.