Official: L. van Gaal appointed as "Man Utd" strategist © EuroFootball.com

On Monday afternoon, the "Manchester United" team announced the appointment of a new head coach.

As previously predicted for some time, the new coach is the strategist of the Dutch national team, Louis van Gaal.

Temporarily taking on the role of head coach from David Moyes will be Ryan Giggs. Assistants to L. van Gaal will also be Frans Hoek and Marcel Bout.

The strategist will start working at "Man Utd" club after the end of the World Cup in Brazil.

Throughout his coaching career, van Gaal has worked with clubs such as Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Ajax, and AZ, as well as the Dutch national team where he continues to work to this day.

With his teams, van Gaal has won the Dutch league championships four times, triumphed twice in Spain and once in Germany.

With the departure of Nemanja Vidic, Robin van Persie will likely be appointed as the team captain.