Barcelona’s star mid-fielder Andres Iniesta has praised current Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal for helping him make the breakthrough into first time suring an interview with the club’s official Youtube channel.
Louis van Gaal has been very famous for helping young talent into the team where ever he coaches. van Gaal also helped Iniesta make his debut for Barcelona’s first team during 2002-03 season and the midfielder is grateful to van Gaal for placing trust on his abilities.
Iniesta then went on to become one of the greatest footballers in FC Barcelona’s history. He won Spain world cup with his winner in extra time against Oranje in 2010.
He said, “I think my first team debut was the most important day. It was the most important because I’d been dreaming about it for so long.
“I’m grateful to [Louis] van Gaal for his trust and to all the coaches that I had before that taught me and helped me to get the nicest moment that I’d been chasing up to that time.”
Louis van Gaal is famous for recognizing potential future stars as he has helped the likes of Andres Iniesta, Thomas Muller, Holger Badstuber into the first team during his tenure.