It has never been shy. Once declared, "Congratulations for hiring the best coach in the world" when he signed for Ajax Amsterdam and was pleased by the way he is acclaimed worldwide after the World Cup in Brazil. He showed his playful side (and his ego) in a series of fun interviews. What is expected is that the magic of that summer with him in his next job as coach of Manchester United.
But it was not like that. Van Gaal was fired Monday, two days after winning his only trophy with the club and a year before it came to an end the three-year contract he signed before the 2014 World Cup Van Gaal, the head coach of Manchester United it is not British or Irish, will be replaced, presumably, by another coach arrived from the mainland: Jose Mourinho, a Portuguese who defined himself as someone "special".
was also supposed to Van Gaal was special. He had won titles with Ajax, Barcelona and Bayern Munich, and that summer of 2014 was regarded as the stabilizer, the veteran presence that would end the stir caused by the departure of Alex Ferguson of Manchester in 2013. David Moyes, who had replaced Ferguson but was fired before he even finished his first season as coach, it was like a blink. Van Gaal was expected as the rock that would establish it all.
But football, like other sports, is funny. And there is nothing eternal. That's what happened to Van Gaal. Having regard to its period in office from a distance, his bluster about the three months that would take them to players of Manchester fit your (supposedly advanced) tactic was a mistake, if not silly.
The results never came and Van Gaal could not even rely on that figure of speech as contested among the coaches who blame everything that happens to the team bad luck. Manchester scored only 49 goals all season, one more than Sunderland, who finished fourth from bottom and almost falls.
Worse, Van Gaal's team showed no attractive or imagination in their game. For a club with so many achievements in their own trophy and the result, which had succeeded Van Gaal was unacceptable.
And if Van Gaal was surprised departure, it must have been the only one. Rumors about the choice of Mourinho as his replacement ran for months and had intensified in the hours before the final victory of his team in the Cup last Saturday. That put Van Gaal in position, unenviable, to get to their meeting with the press after the match, with the trophy in front, so he should be asked by his successor.
The team has not managed the process too well ... few clubs do.
On Monday, two British newspapers published a similar story about how Van Gaal had failed in the team, describing in detail its rigidity and intensity over the analysis. very specific details about how Van Gaal insisted on using applications for tracking emails to ensure that players opened the emails sent to them after matches detailing aspects of the game that had to be improved also included.
According to other sources, the costumes in the period of Van Gaal was toxic. Their tactics limited. His players were so frustrated that they were on the verge of mutiny. His determination to control everything reached such a level that asked the players not thrown in the penalty area without first having tapped the ball to stabilize it. In short, those who once cheered on the team as a magician, at the time of his departure presented him as an abuser of micromanagement.
The departure of Van Gaal could also serve as a warning to Mourinho if confirmed will be the substitute. It is likely that your experience this year to be sacked by Chelsea already has calmed somewhat, but with Mourinho it is impossible to know. Did you show a little more restraint? Now that Pep Guardiola comes to town to take over Manchester City next season, it is difficult to imagine anything other than blatant Mourinho and garrulous in recent years.
Will it work? Fans of Manchester United for the second time in three years, hoping a star coach is who fit the team. And that applies to Mourinho, who develops the most attractive tactics. Even with that, it is usually a winner and the back was Ferguson needs that. From that point of view, Mourinho may be the right decision.
But nobody guarantees. 22 months ago, Van Gaal was considered a visionary, El Salvador. He received praise in the world press and memes circulating in his face appearing on the image of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro.
On Monday, the Twitter account of Ryanair, low-cost airline, used the face of Van Gaal in an announcement of flights to $ 15.
The text that accompanied it: "It's time to get out fast."
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