Van Gaal makes fresh claims about gay footballers

Van Gaal makes fresh claims about gay footballers

Former Manchester United and Barcelona manager, Louis van Gaal, has claimed that there are only a few gay footballers.

Van Gaal said this while speaking with Dutch LGBT newspaper, Gaykrant.

According to him, football "is not a mirror of society".

Van Gaal, 68, who retired one year ago, however, admitted that he suspected that some players he managed were homosexual.

But he says that sexuality remains such a taboo subject inside dressing rooms and he would never advise a player to come out.

Asked if there are any gay footballers, Van Gaal said: "Yes, but not many.

"The football world is not a mirror of society."

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