DBasia.news – Manchester United’s Spanish player, Juan Mata, has his own memories of the Dutch coach, Louis van Gaal.
Although van Gaal was deemed a failure at Old Trafford, Mata still viewed his former coach as a sincere and great coach.
“He is a great man, very kind and very sincere. You might not think so. He can be very emotional and sometimes cries, “Mata said as quoted by United’s official page, Wednesday (3/25/2020).
“But he’s a scary figure. “I remember the first meeting we had with him happened in Los Angeles during the preseason,” he added.
It was said by Juan Mata that at the time Louis van Gaal wanted to meet with all the United players after dinner.
“He said he wanted to meet with us one by one in the room after dinner. Everyone left and so did I, “he explained.
Mata continued when entering the room. Van Gaal sat with Ryan Giggs. The former Dutch coach also offered Mata to drink wine.
“He said, do you drink? and I answered, I’m fine. ” Mata then said that van Gaal asked about his personality and finally he asked about the position I wanted to play.
“And I remember he had a piece of paper where he had set the tactics for the team that year. Where do you feel will be most suitable here, he asked, “
Van Gaal came to Old Trafford in May 2014. He came to replace David Moyes. Unfortunately he was considered unsuccessful at coaching at United.
On May 21, 2016 or two days after United won
the FA Cup, van Gaal was dismissed by Manchester United’s management.