Louis van Gaal insists Manchester United have more reason to be afraid of Bayern Munich than the German giants do of their 1999 Champions League final conquerors.
In the build-up to tomorrow's quarter-final first leg at the Allianz Arena, Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge suggested his team were scared about trying to keep Wayne Rooney quiet.
As the man who must overcome a team who hail from the "level one'' station he can only dream of eight months into his work, Van Gaal could have done without the suggestion of an inferiority complex.
And the Dutchman was quick to turn it on its head, even though he accepts Rooney, who has travelled after shrugging off the foot problem which kept him out of Saturday's win at Bolton, has a special talent that will not be easily quelled.
"I never have fear and my players don't have any fear either,'' said Bayern coach Van Gaal.
"We value Rooney's quality. He is a super footballer.
"When he was younger, I often wondered whether he had the vision in his game.
"He has developed that now and is very hard to mark out of the game.
In the build-up to tomorrow's quarter-final first leg at the Allianz Arena, Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge suggested his team were scared about trying to keep Wayne Rooney quiet.
As the man who must overcome a team who hail from the "level one'' station he can only dream of eight months into his work, Van Gaal could have done without the suggestion of an inferiority complex.
And the Dutchman was quick to turn it on its head, even though he accepts Rooney, who has travelled after shrugging off the foot problem which kept him out of Saturday's win at Bolton, has a special talent that will not be easily quelled.
"I never have fear and my players don't have any fear either,'' said Bayern coach Van Gaal.
"We value Rooney's quality. He is a super footballer.
"When he was younger, I often wondered whether he had the vision in his game.
"He has developed that now and is very hard to mark out of the game.
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