A journalist from Latest news went to the Netherlands press conference on Friday to ask Louis van Gaal if succeeding Roberto Martinez might be of interest to him. After the classic and cautious response (”I am focused on the Netherlands, the game against the United States and the four victories that separate us from the title of world champion”), the famous trainer admitted that “Belgium is a beautiful country, with very friendly people.” Even going so far as to speak of Knokke and “its beautiful beach” before specifying to our colleague in a joking tone that it was first necessary to convince his wife Truus.
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”If I am surprised by the elimination of the Belgians? On the one hand, we beat them recently but on the other hand they deserved the victory yesterday, which would have qualified them”also said van Gaal when discussing this Croatia-Belgium fatal to the Red Devils.