Louis van Gaal will be returning to AFC Ajax in an advisory role as this was announced by the Amsterdam-based team on Tuesday.
Louis van Gaal 72, has been recovering from prostate cancer and will look to help rescue the Eredivisie giants.
Speaking on his appointment as the Supervisory Board of AFC Ajax NV, the former Netherlands manager said: “I want to help Ajax.”
He also added: “My life is mainly based in Portugal and I can combine this well with a role as an external advisor.”
The veteran manager started his coaching career at Ajax and led the club to win the Champions League title in 1995.
Louis van Gaal seeks to help the club that has had its worst start since the 1964/65 season, when club legend Johan Cruyff had just joined the youth team.
Rivals PSV Eindhoven are unbeaten, winning seven from seven and piling up the worst fate for Ajax in the 2023/24 season.
They also suffered a humiliating 4-0 defeat to their other main grudge team, Feyenoord from Rotterdam.
Ugly scenes ensued as fans fought mounted riot police and smashed the entrance to their own stadium.
Louis van Gaal was recently rumored to be under consideration for the German national team job but the it seems the speculations were not true since he accepted the new role at Ajax.
Van Gaal also added saying: “We need to find a way up on the sporting front and we can and we must make a contribution to that.”
Louis van Gaal
Aloysius Paulus Maria “Louis” van Gaal is a Dutch former football player and manager who was born on 8 August, 1951.
At club level, he served as manager of Ajax, Barcelona, AZ Alkmaar, Bayern Munich and Manchester United, as well as having three spells in charge of the Netherlands national team.
Van Gaal is one of the greatest and most decorated managers in world football, having won 20 major honours in his managerial career.
He is sometimes nicknamed the “Iron Tulip”.
Van Gaal played as a midfielder for Royal Antwerp, Telstar, Sparta Rotterdam, Ajax and AZ Alkmaar before he became a manager.
The manager is also a qualified physical education teacher, and worked at high schools during his career as a semi-professional footballer.
After a brief spell as an assistant coach at AZ, Van Gaal served as an assistant under Leo Beenhakker at Ajax, and eventually took over as head coach in 1991.
Under his leadership, the club won three Eredivisie titles, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
Louis van Gaal moved to Barcelona in 1997 and won two league titles and one Copa del Rey, but left after disagreements with the club’s hierarchy.
