Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 3:27 PM• Dominic Mostert • Last update: 15:29

Louis van Gaal was not served by a question about the organization of the World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday afternoon during his presentation as national coach of the Dutch national team. A journalist asked Van Gaal what he thinks about the tournament being organized in Qatar. “Yes, that’s the repeating question. It’s repeated over and over. And why? Tell me,” Van Gaal countered.

The journalist confronted the new elector with the construction workers who died building the World Cup stadiums. More than 6,500 migrant workers have died building stadiums and other facilities for the World Cup in Qatar, it wrote The Guardian earlier this year. “Yes, exactly. And you expect me not to mind? You are asking an open question, I know that. But you also asked Frank de Boer. I would like to emphasize that you are doing this for the third time. .”

“I think it’s all very bad, but I think the unions should take the lead and unite. You should not abuse footballers. That leads to nothing, and history has shown. It is clear that you have to take action. Gijs de Jong does that too, in the name of the KNVB. The question you ask, I also asked the KNVB. The KNVB is a federation that leads the way and takes action. But to ask the national coach every time what he thinks of Qatar, I think that goes very far,” said Van Gaal.