Doing it his way: Van Gaal’s A to Z of football

LOUIS VAN GAAL is one of the great men of Dutch football, but he has never quite earned the recognition that his success deserved.

Three Eredivisie titles with Ajax, and the Champions League in 1995. The KNVB Cup, the European Super Cup, the World Cup for clubs.

Van Gaal collected trophies like other people collect coats, notably his wife Truus, a feisty lady who enjoys shopping: “‘How many coats do you need?’ he tells me. I tell him to move to Spain or Italy because the money is so good there.”