Louis van Gaal will quit as coach of the Netherlands after next year’s World Cup after which he is hoping for a chance to work in the English Premier League, he said yesterday.

“I took over as national coach with the ambition of going to a World Cup or a European Championship. That I have never done before and I’m doing everything to make sure I can achieve that. After that I will leave,” he told a news conference in Hoenderloo where the Dutch team are preparing for a trip to Asia next week.

He suggested he might call an end to his long-standing career after the tournament in Brazil, “unless an attractive club from the Premier League come for me”.

Van Gaal said he preferred working with players on the training field every day rather than the infrequent opportunity presented to a national team coach.

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