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The world of football has come together to offer strength and support to former Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal, who has revealed that he is battling cancer.

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The current Netherlands head coach, 70, announced on Dutch TV programme Humberto on Sunday evening that he had been receiving treatment for an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

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“I think you don’t tell people you work with like that because it might influence their choices, their decisiveness, so I thought they shouldn’t know,’ he said.

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Van Gaal said he had not made his players aware of his condition.

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“It is usually other underlying diseases that kill you. But I had a pretty aggressive form, got irradiated 25 times.

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Then you have a lot of management to do in order to get through life.”

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Van Gaal’s announcement has prompted an outpouring of support from former clubs, players and team-mates, with Manchester United tweeting

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