Unexpected return of a great coach? »” I feel more and more in shape. My career is not over! “

“Louis van Gaal does not exclude the possibility of returning to the foreground. Although the famous coach Batav believes that his time in football has ended, the idea of ​​a last adventure as a selection still gives him,” announces the press in the Netherlands.

The Dutch technician was the main character at the premiere of his new documentary film “Van Gaal's Spartan years” that took place on Tuesday night. “I think my time has gone, but in football you never have to say,” said ESPN Louis Van Gaal, who is still in prostate cancer therapy.

Van Gaal: “I was not good at all and I had to operate!”

This is because things are going better for the former winner three decades ago of the Champions League. “I feel that I am more and more in shape.

Louis Van Gaal (73 years old) is October 2023 Ajax counselor

Two, three years ago, when I was working as a coach, of course I wasn't. The consequence was the operation, which put its mark, “Van Gaal recalls from the period as a coach of Oranje.

Van Gaal is not going to completely exclude the variant of a return. If any federation wants to tempt him with a trainer position of the national team, it must be top. “A selector role would be possible, because it refers more to the management of a lot.

There are only eight periods in a year in which you actually train. I still want a national team that can win something then. that only this opportunity is still in books. “

Van Gaal: “In 90% of cases you do not die from prostate cancer”

Louis Van Gaal is fighting with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. “How do I feel? Okay, I had an operation two or three weeks ago. They tried to repair me, more details cannot give, I have to wait and see.

Louis Van Gaal was the selection of the countries below for 63 matches in three terms. Left from the national team in December 2022 / Photo: Imago

On September 19 I go to control and I am waiting for the doctors' decision. I hope a miracle will happen and I can go to the toilet again, ”confessed in 2023 for The Mirror.

Louis Vaan Gaal revealed its disease in April 2022: “It does not die of prostate cancer. At least not in 90% of cases. Normally, other diseases kill you. But I have an aggressive form. At every action of the national team, we went during the evening to the hospital, without the players knowing.

I received a preferential treatment at the hospital. I could enter through the back door. They cared for me great. Do not tell people you work with this because they could affect their choices. I thought players shouldn't know. Disease and death are part of life, ”said Van Gaal in April 2022.

Who is Louis Van Gaal

• He started his career as an assistant at Az Alkmaar, a coach at Ajax U21 and Ajax U19 and a second coach at AJAX;

• He took over the first team of “Lancieri” in 1981, and after six years he arrived in Barcelona, ​​which he led for 3 years;

• Followed the national of the Netherlands (July 2000 – November 2001), a new stage in Barcelona (July 2002 – January 2003);

• He also prepared Alkmaar, Bayern and Manchester United;

• After a second term on the national technical bank (August 2012 – July 2014), Van Gaal returned as a coach in August 2021, qualifying the batti at CM 2022;

• It has a championship league (AJAX 1995), an UEFA (AJAX 1992) and 18 other trophies, being a champion in the Netherlands, Spain and Germany.