article_snippet: It was 2008 and Louis van Gaal was at AZ Alkmaar, an admittedly different proposition to United.
article_snippet: Louis van Gaal resigned from Alkmaar in March 2008.
article_snippet: Louis van Gaal, pictured in 2007, resigned as manager of Alkmaar only to return to The club and win the title .
article_snippet: The following season the players won the Dutch league, the first time for 27 years that it had been won by a team other than PSV Eindhoven, Ajax or Feyenoord.
highlights_snippet: Louis van Gaal came back and led the Dutch outfit to the Eredivisie title in 2009 .
  