Louis van Gaal is not dissatisfied with the recent transfer window. Although he would like to see Frenkie de Jong and Memphis Depay play more often. “It suits me now.”
Players must deliver to their club. That was the core message of Van Gaal’s press conference on Monday afternoon for the Nations League duels with Poland and Belgium. And so some players had to make a transfer this summer. Is Van Gaal happy? “Many players have called me,” he says.
,,That has to do with the relationship I have with them and with the World Cup. I always end with the words ‘this is my advice’, but they have to make the choice themselves. It’s not too bad for me now, Memphis Depay and Frenkie de Jong are now playing more often. Am I happy? I’d be happier if they played even more. The playing time at the club of some players is a problem. I hired my exercise physiologist for this, Jos van Dijk. He was also there in 2014 and Wesley Sneijder, who played for Galatasaray, has further advanced. He made it through to the World Cup. Memphis, for example, has to stay fit. That is a goal in itself, especially for himself.”
Andries Noppert
Whoever made a transfer was Andries Noppert. He made the switch from Go Ahead Eagles to SC Heerenveen and is there. Noppert first noticed Van Gaal at Go Ahead Eagles. ,,There the audience sang that he had to be in Orange,” says Van Gaal. ,,That was funny, but I didn’t know him well enough at the time. Goalkeeper coach Frans Hoek follows about fifteen keepers for us. I then get the report on the four team functions they have to master. I wanted to get to know Noppert, and also Remko Pasveer, now. Here they are confronted with the vision of Louis van Gaal. Then they have to adapt.”
You spend four weeks on each other’s lips in Qatar. I’m looking for players who can wear that together
Van Gaal does not only look at qualities, but also at behaviour. ,,You are on each other’s lips for four weeks in Qatar. I’m looking for players who can carry that together. I’ve seen that they can do that together. That is why there are few shifts, but I am a trainer who likes to adapt youth. But then he has to deliver.”
Where does the national coach hope to be when the international match is over? The next time the national coach sees his players, they will leave for Qatar. “We are still working on an implementation of a system. That is not yet fully executed and I am working on that. There are several ways, but they have to run it the way I want. Because in Italy some players may play the system, but that doesn’t mean it’s the way I want it. The perspective is bigger now than when I started. Naturally. That has to do with the new system, they have accepted that. They are gaining more and more confidence, we have not lost anymore. I want to go to the permanent team, but I have several options. I’m going to look at it.”
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