Louis van Gaal Cried After He Was Sacked From Manchester United

Louis van Gaal cried after being fired by Manchester United in 2016, the Dutch manager’s wife reveals.

Following the Red Devils’ 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace to win the FA Cup, the Dutchman was fired two days later, ending months of uncertainty over his future at the club.

In the Amazon Prime documentary “Van Gaal,” his wife Truus said she suspected her husband would be fired when United greats like Sir Alex Ferguson stopped wishing them a good day as Ed Woodward planned the Dutchman’s demise.

According to Manchester Evening News, She said: “I knew Louis would be fired by Manchester United. I felt it. We had a small boardroom there and it was always fun with the old Manchester legends, Ferguson, and Bobby Charlton. We had a table there with good food and drinks.

“Suddenly, they stopped greeting us, just waved from afar. Something was wrong. It was female intuition.

“Then when the man (Woodward) denies it, Louis accepts it. I said, ‘Louis, you’re going to be fired. Get wise to it.’ And I slammed the door of the apartment shut.

“After the FA Cup final, Louis said, ‘Well, we did it!’ I said, ‘Louis, they say you’ve been fired.’

“He got so angry! ‘Why did you have to spoil my party? Stop all this aggressive nonsense!’

“Later, he said, ‘Hi, it’s Louis. You can come home, you were right.’ His voice sounded broken, so I said, ‘Alright, I’m on my way’. When I came home I could see he’d been crying. I hugged him. I had tears in my eyes too.”

In the film, Wayne Rooney and Van Gaal had a video chat during which Wayne Rooney recalls that Truus was “angry” after the Cup final.

Rooney expressed his displeasure at Van Gaal leaving Old Trafford, saying, “I was very disappointed because I felt that everything was moving in the right direction. I felt if you had one more year we would have been successful.”

Van Gaal was fired after a campaign in which they failed to make the Champions League and scored just 49 goals in the Premier League on their route to finishing fifth.

The Dutchman spent £284 million at the club on players including Radamel Falcao, Angel Di Maria, and Anthony Martial.

Van Gaal complained to Rooney that they had failed to “buy the players he wanted,” with deals for Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Muller, Sadio Mane, Sergio Ramos, and others falling through.

He said to the D.C. United manager, “It’s unbelievable. I was at the richest club in the world and I could not buy the players I wanted.

“Manchester was my most difficult period. I came in as a manager and everything was disappointing. Most of the players in the squad were over 30. It was my job to sort it out. Rooney was also nearing 30.”