Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal had stated that Victor Valdes will compete with his compatriot David De Gea and he hasn’t signed him to be a benchwarmer.
"Nobody is happy to be number two and Victor has to have ambition to beat David De Gea - but it shall be very hard for him," said Van Gaal.
He also stated that he signed Valdes to have De Gea a stiff competition which he didn’t had from Anders Lindegaard.
"My ambition is that I have the best players who can collaborate with each other to form the best team in the world," he said.
"When we invited Victor in to have his rehabilitation at Manchester United, we did it for him and ourselves, so I could see if his quality is also still the same. He has confirmed both."
The Dutchman added that he expects David de Gea to sign an extension on his current deal very soon.
"I think so, yes. There is no problem for him to sign."
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