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The Dutch coach remembered the former coach of the Dream Team on the day of its 65th anniversary.

On his 65th birthday, received a greeting Johan Cruyff unexpected. It was one of his more illustrious compatriots, also one of its 'enemies' best known, Louis Van Gaal. Former Barcelona coach Johan remembered and was very conciliatory in an advertisement for one of its sponsors published yesterday by the newspapers 'De Telegraaf' and 'Algmemeen Dagblad'. "We've had our disagreements and we have but we also have much in common: love of Ajax, Barcelona and attacking football," the tulip iron. In this sense, Van Gaal reminded the merits of Cruyff and its impact on contemporary football. "Johan was famous Dutch football and was involved at different levels. That deserves respect. "

Remember that earlier this 2012, Cruyff led Ajax to court to prevent Van Gaal to become the Dutch club's sporting director. Now, however, it appears that Van Gaal has buried the hatchet and shown conciliatory to his compatriot. (via SPORT)

The exentrenador of Barça Louis Van Gaal said Saturday he sees the Barça as favorite to win the Champions League this season.

"Barça is for my favorite team to win the Champions League is a very powerful, and under normal win," said the Dutchman in a statement to the newspaper Luso 'A Bola'.

We do not know very well what the Dutch coach was referring to that "normal conditions", but the fact is that Van Gaal did not abandon its special irony when talking about the Real Madrid coach José Mourinho. "He says it's special," joked the Dutch. "I hope I can find a tactic to win at Barça. If the game is to win Barça, although we can not forget that Mourinho has won once, in the final of the Copa del Rey, "he added.

Where you see Van Gaal is more difficult in the league, which recognized that "Madrid is better because it has been more regular and has 10 points ahead." (via SPORT)

"Is she Cruyff? Very well, then with his bread let him eat."
"I also contributed to the Ajax model, as well as Johan has done."

Louis van Gaal has given up maintaining silence about the power struggle within the Ajax Amsterdam, he had with his sworn enemy Johan Cruyff, and slammed the former number 14 football Oranje. "So far Ajax is going to be under the command of Cruyff and his clique?, You mean it is they who have won? Well, with his bread let him eat!" Said Van Gaal in an annoying interview with the Dutch football magazine 'ELF Voetbal'.

The trade publication published on its website excerpts from the interview in his paper version. In early February, the Dutch justice ruled in favor of Cruyff court, after the former star of Dutch football submit a complaint to stop the initiative of one of the governing bodies of Ajax (the "council of wise men") Van Gaal to incoporara as general manager of the club in July.

Van Gaal and Cruyff have zero personal chemistry. In fact the first words of the former number 14 when he learned of the possible arrival of Van Gaal were: "Have you all gone mad (at Ajax) want to blow up the club?". So far, Van Gaal had remained silent, a silence broken now. "They're saying out there that Ajax is now going to follow the 'Cruyff line.' That's ridiculous! At Ajax there is no 'line Gruff' or 'Van Gaal line." There is only a vision of making football it has taken the club over the past 25 years, "said the former coach, among others, Bayern Munich and Barcelona.

At the same time, Van Gaal laments that he has not been sufficiently recognized their work in the past at Ajax and in his opinion, all the credit goes to Cruyff, who has just joined as advisor to the Mexican club Chivas, Guadalajara. "I have also contributed to a vision of Ajax, as it has both Cruyff! I even worked much longer than he at Ajax. I was there nine years as coach ... something that Cruyff never did. They filled the mouth now talking about developing 'individual talents' at Ajax and 'Cruyff model' ... but that's because I have spoken in a report to the Ajax in 2004, "he lamented. (via MD)

The ex-coach azulgrana has clear that its dispute with the also Dutch Louis van Gaal is not solucionable.

The Dutch football ex-star Johan Cruyff is quite clear in his dispute with his archenemy open Louis van Gaal: "It's too late to reconcile with him," said the former number 14 to web portal Dutch "Voetbal International." Cruyff has declared a "open war" against the direction of Ajax for authorizing, without consulting the signing of ex-coach as future general director of the Dutch club starting from July. It has even taken to Ajax before the tribunals to refute that decision that considers "illegal." Cruyff, who holds the post of sports consultant at Ajax, has zero personal chemistry with Van Gaal. "Our characters are at odds, we have a completely opposite view of football.

It's too late for any reconciliation with Van Gaal," said Cruyff Dutch sports publication. To try to reconcile positions, the direction of club Venice of the North announced it is preparing a meeting between the two. However, Cruyff does not seem very inclined to shake hands with his rival.

Club president, Henny Henrichs, has made several "snapshots of contact" between Cruyff and Van Gaal with the aim of closing the dispute and that both can stay in the Dutch club, currently low hours in the local league and greening their past laurels for sport in Holland and Cruyff Europa.La opinion is clear: "In short ... it would be a castástrofe" he said in reference to a possible cooperation between the two. (via SPORT)