Van Gaal calls it quits
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FORMER Manchester United and Netherlands manager Louis van Gaal has ended his coaching career following a family tragedy, Dutch media reported yesterday.
The 65-year-old, out of work since United sacked him in May last year, had turned down a lucrative offer from China.
“I could have gone there (China), but I’m still here,” van Gaal told De Telegraaf. “So much has happened in my family that I have been forced to look at things differently.”
The sudden death of his son-in-law had been the catalyst, van Gaal said. “I had said (after leaving Manchester United) that I would stop but I changed that into a sabbatical, but now I believe that I will not return to coaching.”
Van Gaal led Ajax to the UEFA Champions League title in 1995 and led Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and AZ Alkmaar to domestic league titles.
He said he has nothing left to prove. “I actually wanted to stop after the (2014) World Cup,” he said, “But then suddenly an offer came from England and that was an amazing country that was missing from my CV.”
Van Gaal said winning last year’s FA Cup, against the backdrop of his impending dismissal, was the greatest achievement of his career.
“I was standing on the gangplank for the last six months. My head was in the guillotine, put there by the English media. And then in those circumstances you have to try and stick to your vision and inspire the players of Manchester United.”
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