{"id":215100,"date":"2023-10-04T17:49:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T17:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=215100"},"modified":"2023-10-04T17:49:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T17:49:05","slug":"ex-man-utd-manager-louis-van-gaal-72-lands-new-job-at-crisis-club-as-he-continues-to-battle-prostate-cancer-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/sport\/ex-man-utd-manager-louis-van-gaal-72-lands-new-job-at-crisis-club-as-he-continues-to-battle-prostate-cancer-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Man Utd manager Louis van Gaal, 72, lands new job at crisis club as he continues to battle prostate cancer | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOUIS VAN GAAL has returned to his former club Ajax amid his battle with prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch manager has gone back to the Amsterdam-based side with the team in crisis. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/head-coach-louis-van-gaal-781782262.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The 72-year-old has landed a role as an adviser to help turn the club&#x27;s fortunes around. <\/p>\n<p>Ajax currently sit 15th in the table and have won just one match in the league so far this season.<\/p>\n<p>Things turned violent in a 4-0 loss to bitter rivals Feyenoord as fans threw flares onto the pitch with the game getting abandoned.<\/p>\n<p>They then rioted and vandalised the stadium. <\/p>\n<h2>READ MORE ON MAN UTD<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DF-OP-ONANA.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DF-OP-ONANA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DF-OP-ONANA.jpg\"><\/picture><span>AN-OTHER ONE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Onana makes ANOTHER clanger for Man Utd as fans ask &#x27;what&#x27;s De Gea&#x27;s number?&#x27;<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/casemiro-manchester-united-sent-off-849838341.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/casemiro-manchester-united-sent-off-849838341.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/casemiro-manchester-united-sent-off-849838341.jpg\"><\/picture><span>theatre of screams <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Man Utd BOOED off pitch after UCL horror show, and it&#x27;s worse than 1989<\/h3>\n<p>It led to director of football Sven Mislintat losing his job despite spending a reported \u00a386million on players over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Van Gaal has legendary status at Ajax after managing them from 1991 to 1997.<\/p>\n<p>During his reign, they won three Eredivisie titles, three KNVB Cups, the Champions League and UEFA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>On his return, Van Gaal said: &quot;I want to help Ajax.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in Football<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/roy-keane.jpg\"><\/picture><span>PRETTY PENNY <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Roy Keane fumed \u2018who the f*** buys that\u2019 after Becks&#8217; most outrageous purchase<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/LB-SPORTS-gala-copy.jpg\"><\/picture><span>Man Utd 2 Galatasaray 3 <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Champions League hopes hang by a thread despite Hojlund double<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/OQ-SPORT-PREVIEW-ORIENT.jpg\"><\/picture><span>ORIENT EMERGENCY <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Match ABANDONED after desperate fans run onto pitch to stop game<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GM_04-10_BECKS_COMP.jpg\"><\/picture><span>POSH&#8217;S PAIN <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Victoria Beckham breaks silence on &#8216;nightmare&#8217; of David&#8217;s alleged 2003 affair<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I currently spend a big part of my life in Portugal, and this can be well combined with my role as an external advisor. 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