Louis Van Gaal The Biography

Name: Louis Van Gaal The Biography
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ISBN: 9780091960148

ISBN-10: 0091960142

ISBN-13: 9780091960148

Edition: 2014

Authors: Maarten Meijer

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So who is Louis Van Gaal? An inflexible ex-PE teacher who only knows how to act like a dictator or a footballing visionary that has made him one of the greatest ever European managers? Wherever he has gone, Van Gaal has been accused of being a domineering disciplinarian and a control freak. He is certainly, by his own admission, a man who leaves nothing to chance. A disciple in the 1970s of Rinus Michels' Total Football philosophy, he is a fascinating contradiction - an ultra-individualist utterly devoted to the collective effort. He believes in the team over the individual, in always having a plan and a team prepared to follow that plan. Van Gaal led the young Ajax team he moulded to…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Publication date: 7/24/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Dutch football commentator Maarten Meijer has written books on Van Gaal, Guus Hiddink and Dick Advocaat. He has degrees in both science and philosophy and a doctorate in Russian literature. He has lived and worked in both New York and Moscow. Since 2000 he has been based in Korea with his wife and four children where he teaches philosophy.