Louis van Gaal is not just one of the most successful managers of the modern era, he is also one of the game’s biggest characters.
The 70-year-old Netherlands boss has been at the forefront of management in the European game for the past 30 years, so news of his prostate cancer diagnosis has been met with unified love and support. "In each period during my time as manager of the national team I had to leave in the night to go to the hospital without the players finding it out until now,” he said. “While thinking I was healthy. But.. I am not.”
Van Gaal revealed he has a “pretty aggressive form” of the disease which has been “irradiated 25 times”. He initially kept his diagnosis secret from his players, who he will lead at the Qatar World Cup later this year, but has now decided to speak openly about his health problems.
