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“On Thursday, Ajax announced that their five-man supervisory board would step down after club icon Johan Cruyff succeeded in a legal battle to prevent the four other members of the board — of which he is a member — from appointing former coach Louis...
Board member Cruyff went to court to stop former boss Van Gaal's appointment as technical director. A judge ruled in favour of Cruyff last week but the five-man board, that also included former star Edgar Davids, had to resign. Hence the Dutch face...
Dutch football coach and manager Louis van Gaal signs autographs on December 21, 2011 during the opening of a training field in Nieuw-Vennep for the Muscles for Muscles Foundation, which raises money for research into neuromuscular diseases. View Photo »
We have got two icons in Ajax now. Johan Cruyff, the best footballer ever, and Louis van Gaal, the best trainer ever
Ajax legend Johan Cruyff last week won his legal battle to prevent the appointment of van Gaal which had been made by the club's Council of Commissioners without consulting him - although he is one of the five board members. "I have a clear vision of...
Steven ten Have, Marjan Olfers and Paul Romer, was appointed on July 25, 2011, but has since failed to get things going at the Amsterdam ArenA. The board mainly made the headlines for the disagreements between Cruyff and the remaining four...
Photograph: Olaf Kraak/AFP/Getty Images Ajax's entire board, including Johan Cruyff, will step down, the Dutch club have announced. The resignations of the five members follow an Amsterdam court decision on Tuesday banning the naming of Louis van Gaal...
Retired soccer player Johan Cruyff, center, and his lawyers Mike Jansen, left, and Frank Kroes, right, take their seats as they wait for the judges to arrive in the court room in Haarlem, western Netherlands, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Cruyff and his... View Photo »
Louis van Gaal was the most successful coach of Ajax
The move follows a Dutch court ruling earlier this week rejecting the appointment of Louis van Gaal as CEO of Ajaxe. Cruyff had opposed Van Gaal's appointment, which was made by the other four board members hostile to Cruyff without his knowledge or...
I would go Dutch. Guus Hiddink is the obvious choice but Louis van Gaal could be an option as well. Hiddink is well known by the Chelsea players after his successful stint at Stamford Bridge and has an extraordinary record at major finals, taking South...
Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal (born August 8, 1951 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football manager currently in charge of AZ in the Dutch Eredivisie. Full Article
Bayern Munich's coach Louis van Gaal arrives for their German Bundesliga first division soccer match against SC Freiburg in Freiburg in this March 19, 2011 file photo. Bayern Munich fired Van Gaal on April 10, 2011, according to local media.
View Photo »Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal gestures during their Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match against Inter Milan in Munich in this March 15, 2011 file photo. Bayern Munich fired Van Gaal on April 10, 2011, according to local media.
View Photo »Bayern Munich's coach Louis van Gaal arrives for their German Bundesliga first division soccer match in Nuremberg, April 9, 2011.
View Photo »Louis van Gaal, coach of FC Bayern Munich reacts during their German first division Bundesliga soccer match against Borussia Moenchengladbach in Munich April 2, 2011.
View Photo »File photo of Bayern Munich's Dutch coach Louis van Gaal (R) and Bayer Leverkusen's coach Jupp Heynckes arriving for their team's German first division Bundesliga soccer match in Leverkusen April 10, 2010. Heynckes has been appointed as Bayern Munich head coach, the Bundesliga soccer...
View Photo »Bayern Munich's head coach Louis van Gaal reacts after their German Bundesliga first division soccer match against SC Freiburg in Freiburg, March 19, 2011.
View Photo »Bayern Munich's head coach Louis van Gaal arrives for their German Bundesliga first division soccer match against SC Freiburg in Freiburg, March 19, 2011. Picture taken with a tilt and shift lens.
View Photo »Bayern's coach Louis van Gaal wipes his face during the German Bundsliga soccer match between SC Freiburg and FC Bayern Munich in Freiburg, Germany, on Saturday, March 19, 2011.
View Photo »Bayern's coach Louis van Gaal gestures prior to the start of the German Bundsliga soccer match between SC Freiburg and FC Bayern Munich in Freiburg, Germany, on Saturday, March 19, 2011.
View Photo »Bayern Munich's coach Louis van Gaal attends a training session in the Qatari capital Doha on January 3, 2011 as part of the German giant club's week-long training camp before the resumption of the German Bundesliga following the winter break.
View Photo »Photographers take pictures of Bayern Munich's Dutch head coach Louis van Gaal (2ndL) during the warm-up ahead of the Champions League round of 16 second leg football match between Bayern Munich and Inter Milan at the Allianz-Arena stadium in Munich, southern Germany, on March 15, 2011.
View Photo »Bayern Munich's coach Louis van Gaal (2nd R) and his team react during their second leg round of sixteen Champions League soccer match against Inter Milan in Munich March 15, 2011. Inter Milan won the match 3-2.
View Photo »Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal gestures during their Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match against Inter Milan in Munich March 15, 2011.
View Photo »Munich's head coach Louis van Gaal gestures during the Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Inter Milan in Munich, southern Germany, on Tuesday, March 15, 2010.
View Photo »Bayern Munich's coach Louis van Gaal (2nd R) celebrates a goal during their second leg round of sixteen Champions League soccer match against Inter Milan in Munich March 15, 2011.
View Photo »Bayern Munich's coach Louis van Gaal celebrates after a goal by Thomas Mueller during their second leg round of sixteen Champions League soccer match against Inter Milan in Munich March 15, 2011.
View Photo »Munich's head coach Louis van Gaal, right, awaits the start of the Champions League match, round of 16 second leg, between FC Bayern Munich and Inter Milan in Munich, southern Germany, on Tuesday, March 15, 2010.
View Photo »Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal, of the Netherlands, follows a press conference in Munich, southern Germany, Monday, March 14, 2011. Bayern Munich will play a Champions League, round of 16 second leg soccer match, against Inter Milan Tuesday.
View Photo »Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal, of the Netherlands, center, interviews his player Mario Gomez during a press conference in Munich, southern Germany, Monday , March 14, 2011. Bayern Munich will play a Champions League, round of 16, second leg soccer match against Inter Milan Tuesday.
View Photo »Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal, of the Netherlands, center, laughs during a press conference while his player Mario Gomez answers questions of journalists in Munich, southern Germany, Monday , March 14, 2011. Bayern Munich will play a Champions League, round of 16, second leg soccer...
View Photo »Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal, of the Netherlands, watches a training session in Munich, southern Germany, Monday , March 14, 2011. Bayern Munich will play a Champions League, round of 16 second leg match , against Inter Milan Tuesday.
View Photo »Munich's Dutch coach Louis van Gaal arrives prior to the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and SV Hamburg in Munich, Saturday March 12, 2011.
View Photo »Bayern Munich's soccer coach Louis van Gaal leaves the training area in Munich March 6, 2011.
View Photo »Bayern Munich's coach Louis van Gaal looks out the window during a training session in Munich March 6, 2011.
View Photo »Bayern Munich's head coach Louis van Gaal and Hannover 96 head coach Mirko Slomka (L) arrive for the news conference following their German Bundesliga first division soccer match in Hanover March 5, 2011.
View Photo »Bayern Munich's coach Louis van Gaal arrives for their German Bundesliga first division soccer match against SC Freiburg in Freiburg in this March 19, 2011 file photo. Bayern Munich fired Van Gaal on April 10, 2011, according to local media.
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