Louis van Gaal wanted to reassure Monday about his state of health.
The Dutch coach, who announced last week that he was suffering from prostate cancer, notably indicated that his radiotherapy sessions as well as the operation were “behind him”.
“I underwent 25 radiotherapy sessions.
Then I had to wait five or six months to see if it worked.
It was,” he said, as quoted by Dutch news agency ANP.
Since his prostate surgery in February, it's all "a matter of 'training' everything."
It takes a little time”.
Louis van Gaal assures that he will go to Qatar
Van Gaal revealed last Sunday that he had been suffering from prostate cancer since 2020, while assuring that the disease will not prevent him from traveling to Qatar for the World Cup from November 21 to December 18.
The media had then reported that he had undergone 25 sessions of radiotherapy, in particular in the evening or at night during the regroupings of the “Oranje” team.
"These radiotherapy sessions were behind me before signing the contract with the KNVB (Dutch Football Federation)" in August, however, corrected Van Gaal, interviewed by public television NOS on Monday evening, at the preview of his film
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in Amsterdam.
He had to undergo an operation in February.
“It must now only get better.
It's a matter of time," he said.
The emotion of the world of football
The announcement of the illness of the former coach of Ajax Amsterdam, FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester United, 70, had caused great emotion throughout the world of football.
"I never thought it would have had such an impact in the world," he told NOS.
“I find that incredible.
I get emotional about it, I have tears in my eyes but it also gives me energy that so many people care about me”.
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