Former Sundowns coach labels Van Gaal as "garbage"

Former Mamelodi Sundowns coach Hristo Stoitchkov lashes out at Manchester United boss Louis Van Gaal labelling him "garbage".

Stoichkov, who spent seven seasons at Barca and worked under Van Gaal at the Nou Camp in the late 1990s, told Catalan newspaper Sport that he blamed the Dutchman for his departure from the Catalan giants, says TeamTalk.

"I have no respect for Van Gaal. He's garbage as a person," Stoichkov said of the Man United manager.

"Once, we went to the Bernabeu after I had been injured on my knee and he made me play left-back.

"On another day, while I was injured, he went to my wife and asked her how it was possible that she married such a bad person like me.

"My wife had responded that I had won the Ballon d'Or.

"The happiest day of my life was when I joined Barcelona and the saddest when I left. And it was Van Gaal's fault."

"Do not think that Mourinho was a simple interpreter or assistant," said Stoichkov.

"He was already a coach, but he never thought he was worth more than [Bobby] Robson.

"Mourinho understood everything... he knew everything about our team, and our opponents"