7 instances when Louis van Gaal had a fallout with footballers

#2 Franck Ribery: \"I cannot say that I have much fun with him or that I have a special relationship with him.\"

While playing under van Gaal at Bayern Munich, Franck Ribery revealed that all was not well under the Dutch, and the constant criticism directed towards Ribery made it difficult for him to have fun at the club.

"I cannot say that I have much fun with him or that I have a special relationship with him," he told reporters in 2010. "I do my job and he does his. I give it my best, do everything to get fit again, but when the coach always speaks badly about you, when he keeps on putting you down, then it is tough.”

The comments were made as a response to van Gaal accusing Ribery of not putting enough effort after he made his comeback from an ankle injury. "I need his help. I have got to be able to talk with him and have fun with him. If I cannot do that, then it cannot work on the pitch either.”

He added, "However, I do get the feeling that he likes me. I would just like to have more contact with him and that there would be a bit more respect between us."