When Jose met Louis: how the pair learned to love one another at Barcelona

Louis van Gaal once said that his first impressions of his young assistant at Barcelona, a certain Jose Mourinho, were of “an arrogant young man who didn’t respect authority that much”. 

VAN GAAL AT BARCA

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La Liga: 1997/98, 1998/99

Copa del Rey: 1998

Super Cup: 1997

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