Bereaved Van Gaal quits coaching

AMSTERDAM: Former Manchester United and Netherlands manager Louis van Gaal has ended his coaching career following a family tragedy, Dutch media reported yesterday. The 65-year-old, who is out of work since United sacked him in May last year, has turned down a lucrative offer from China. “I could have gone there (China), but I’m still here,” van Gaal told De Telegraaf. The sudden death of his son-in-law had been the catalyst, he said. “So much has happened in my family that I have been forced to look at things differently. I had said (after leaving Manchester United) that I would stop but I changed that into a sabbatical, but now I believe that I will not return to coaching.”