Baptized like this by Messi right at the World Cup in Qatar, the striker came to the defense of his former coach
“I thought: what a fantastic, wonderful and honest man,” he commented.
Since Louis Van Gaal made his explosive statements against the Argentina teaminsinuating that the World Cup was prepared for Messi to win, various reactions have been taking place among the protagonists.
The Argentine players chose indifference, some Dutch players showed they were against Van Gaal’s words, but one in particular He jumped to defend the former coach of the Netherlands in the World Cup.
Wout Weghorst -or the ‘Bobo’, as Messi called him at the end of the game that faced them in the quarterfinals- He highlighted Van Gaal’s integrity in his words and came out to support him publicly.
“I thought: what a fantastic, wonderful and honest man. If you’re right… I have my own opinion. But I think it’s wonderful that he says what he feels. My opinion doesn’t matter much,” Weghorst said.
“I find it very difficult because there is still a lot of feeling there. In the end you want to win the World Cup and if that’s really the case… I have no idea. I hope not. I guess football, FIFA and us as football fans… we all try to be the best in every tournament,” he concluded.