Louis van Gaal’s performance on Saturday evening at Humberto will be discussed in detail in The the Dutch Summer. Johan Derksen and René van der Gijp are double over an arrogant comment by Van Gaal, who compares himself with King Willem-Alexander.
In Humberto Tan’s talk show, Van Gaal expressed his admiration for the King, who is under fire for not maintaining one and a half meters away when visiting an the Dutch street. “I’m wearing an the Dutch tie,” said Van Gaal. “I put it on especially for King Willem-Alexander. I was knighted. This man binds the Dutch people. That is already so important…” Van Gaal was then interrupted by Floor Bremer, who was also sitting at the table. “But the appointment is one and a half meters away…”, said the journalist from RTL.
Van Gaal did not appreciate the interruption. “Can I also say something?”, continued the former national coach of the Dutch. “That is important for the Dutch people. Now he goes to such a street… I think Floor has not once experienced that someone wanted a picture with Floor. But they all want to be photographed with the King. With me too, I know the problem.”
That last comment leads to great hilarity in the studio of The the Dutch Summer. “That’s wonderful man! Nobody wants to take a picture with you!”, Van der Gijp laughs. “You know what it is: the girl sitting opposite him had only spoken for three minutes. He had already been disturbed by that, because yes, then you take three minutes off his speaking time of course. And then she went to him. interrupt again.”
Derksen also has to laugh hard at Van Gaal. “Also that he is sitting with his knighthood and the Dutch tie there,” says Derksen. “Actually, he says that he and the King are the most important people in this country. We laugh ourselves to death at him, but the sad and sad thing is that he also means it. It has become a kind of caricature, that man. He should not speak on my behalf, or on behalf of the entire people. There is a large group in the Netherlands that has absolutely nothing to do with the royal family. I would not want such a knighthood on my coat at all.”
Derks then lashes out at Van Gaal. “We laugh at him like a clown, but that’s why I think he becomes such a sad man, because from the bottom of the heart he is convinced of his own greatness. Then you should seek professional help, though.” Van der Gijp responds to this and says: “Of course, we laugh terribly at him. But I have hardly ever heard anyone say that he is a cunt trainer. That is independent of whether it is Wayne Rooney, who whatever, they all shout, ‘A world trainer.'”