DBasia.news – Three years after being sacked by Manchester United, Louis van Gaal announced to the public that he would no longer be involved in the world of professional football, aka retirement.
To Dutch television broadcast, VTBL, Van Gaal announced the end of his journey as a coach and other positions in the ranks of the club, such as technical director, director of football, and others.
“I am retired now. I have no ambition to become a technical director or television director. My wife, Truss, gave up her job for me 22 years ago and continued to follow me when I went abroad,” said Van Gaal.
“I told him I would stop training when I was 55 years old, but instead I continued until 65 years old. He deserves to live with me outside of football. I can say he is very happy. I thought I could work as a technical director. “
In his long career, from players to coaches, Van Gaal’s journey was decorated with success. The man born in Amsterdam, August 8, 1951, also left a lot of football legacies in Europe.
Van Gaal played 899 games and won 20 trophies in more than two decades. His journey began with Ajax Amsterdam (1991-1997), Barcelona (1997-2000 and 2002-03), the Dutch national team (2000-01 and 2012-2014), AZ Alkmaar (2005-2009), Bayern Munich (2009-2011), until last training Man United (2014-2016).
Van Gaal’s triumph happened when he coached Ajax. Capitalizing on iconic players like Dennis Bergkamp, Clarence Seedorf, Patrick Kluivert, Marc Overmars, Frank, and Ronald de Boer, Van Gaal won the 1994-95 Champions League.
Van Gaal has the nickname Iron Tulip because of his hard and disciplined method of training. Nevertheless, Van Gaal has orbit many players from club academies in each club he has trained.
Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta, Seedorf, Edgar Davids, Thomas Muller, until last Marcus Rashford at Man United, promoted Van Gaal from the club academy. All of these players now (some have retired) become European football stars known to the world.
“Thank you for opening the door and for trusting me. Enjoy your retirement, boss,” said Rashford in response to Van Gaal’s retirement from the world of football. “Thank you for everything coach !! A great honor to learn from you!”Anthony Martial added.
The latter name did not come from the Man United academy, however, Van Gaal gave it away when he bought it from AS Monaco for 36 million pounds in 2015. Martial was bought when not many people knew about it.
While training the Dutch national team, Van Gaal’s historic moment took place in 2014, when the Netherlands came out of group B with a clean sweep of the match. Including, ending Spain’s golden era via a 5-1 victory.
Robin van Persie scored a beautiful goal by tying his head against Iker Casillas in the match – one of the iconic moments of the World Cup. The Netherlands ran aground in the semifinals after losing via a penalty shootout against Argentina and won the race for third place against Brazil (won 3-0).