Louis van Gaal has praised Noa Vahle, reporter of Veronica. That is what the former national coach did in the New Rev of this month. According to Van Gaal, who was particularly impressed by Vahle’s open questions, she was ‘a revelation’ during the last World Cup in Qatar.
Van Gaal often had to deal with Vahle in November and December during the World Cup in Qatar, when the reporter was on behalf of Veronica had traveled with the selection and staff. The former national coach was quickly impressed. “I’m always better with women than with men, so in that respect I’m unlucky that there are so few of them around in the football world,” Van Gaal said. “Noa was a revelation between them.”
Van Gaal had completely missed the fact that Vahle is the daughter of Linda de Mol at first. That fact did not change his opinion of the journalist. “My wife Truus knew before I did that she comes from the De Mol family. I don’t care in which litter she was born. I build a relationship with people based on the person. She asked open questions, without express her opinion to which the victim may then reply.”
Vahle was only allowed to ask Van Gaal questions at general press conferences in Qatar. “I can just do my job here,” she said during the tournament Football zone. “Of course you are quite limited in what you are allowed: I have never spoken to Louis van Gaal, to be honest. I am not allowed to speak to the players, because the program is being boycotted. But I think we can make enough, so it going fine.”