Louis van Gaal is taking a top volleyball coach to the World Cup - in a bid to ensure Holland have an edge when it comes to penalty shoot-outs.
Even at the age of 71, Van Gaal is showing he is open to new ideas by adding Peter Murphy to his coaching staff with the tournament in Qatar looming. Murphy is a former hall-of-fame coach of Holland’s national volleyball team - and Van Gaal calls him his “penalty killer.”
Van Gaal has built a reputation for being one of the game’s great eccentrics and having the ability to think outside the box. At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, just weeks before the Dutchman was due to take over as manager of Manchester United, he substituted No 1 Jasper Cillessen for Tim Krul in the final moments of a goalless quarter-final clash with Costa Rica.
