Overview
- The former Bayern striker, speaking on DAZN’s “You’ll never talk alone,” said van Gaal was a good coach but “a human zero” in personal dealings.
- He argued the Dutchman tried to raise his profile at the expense of stars and treated players like interchangeable objects, naming Lúcio, himself, and Franck Ribéry.
- Toni described a confrontation at Bayern’s Säbener Straße training ground where van Gaal grabbed his collar and yelled to assert control.
- He also recalled a team talk in which van Gaal dropped his pants to claim he could replace any player, which Toni called totally crazy.
- German outlets including Focus Online, Sport Bild, and Kurierverlag reported the DAZN remarks and set them against van Gaal’s Bayern record, noting the 2010 league-and-cup double and his 2011 dismissal.