Former Manchester United boss, Louis van Gaal, has opened up that he is suffering from prostate cancer.
Van Gaal was with the Netherlands national team and would be leading them to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar later this year.
The Dutchman publicly opened up on the ailment on RTL’s show ‘Humberto’ on Sunday, which was the first time he would publicly talk about it, the Daily Post reports.
The former Bayern Munich boss said that he had kept it secret and had been receiving treatment whilst continuing his job as the Dutch team’s senior coach.
He said that he had kept this from players in his squad.
Van Gaal said, “I think you don’t tell people you work with like that because it might influence their choices, their decisiveness, so I thought they shouldn’t know.”
“You don’t die from prostate cancer, at least not in ninety percent of the cases.