Louis van Gaal intends to retire after 30-year managerial career

Fabled Dutch manager Louis van Gaal is reportedly set to retire from coaching after a 30-year career despite receiving a £44-million offer to manage in Asia, according to the Guardian.

The Ex-Manchester United boss has been out of work since leaving in May of 2016 and being replaced by Jose Mourinho, and says that he is now ready to call it a day, citing his family as the reason for his decision.

“I could go there, but I’m still here,” Van Gaal said of a possible overseas move. “So much has happened in my family.”

After leaving Old Trafford, Van Gaal suggested he would look for work elsewhere but has seemingly reconsidered as the Guardian reports, by way of Dutch newspaper the Telegraaf, that the death of his daughter’s husband has changed his mind.

“I thought maybe I would stop, then I thought it would be a sabbatical, but now I do not think I will return to coaching,” he said, as quoted by the Guardian.

The former Netherlands, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, and Ajax manager has enjoyed a long and trophy-laden coaching career, where he won the Dutch Eredivisie four times with two clubs, La Liga twice, the Bundesliga once, as well as an FA Cup with United, among other pieces of silverware.

He also guided Holland to a third-place finish in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.