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Article: In the thrall of Van Gaal
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 20, 1996
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When Louis Van Gaal announced 10 days ago that he would depart
Ajax at the end of this season, the elite of European football were
suddenly alerted. If English clubs are not among them, then there
is more wrong with the game here than we thought.
The enlightened and sophisticated Van Gaal would indeed consider
working in this country but will not sell himself or his soul
cheaply, as his reply indicated when I asked him about it last
week, shortly after his team had overwhelmed Rangers, with a little
help from Paul Gascoigne, 4-1 in the Champions' League.
"It depends on the team, the players, the image of the club, the
structure and the organisation inside the club, because at Ajax I
have the ...