Following months of rumors over his future at the club, the Dutchman was fired two days after leading the Red Devils to the FA Cup with a 2-1 victory against Crystal Palace.
In the Amazon Prime documentary "Van Gaal," his wife Truus said she suspected her husband would be fired when United greats like Sir Alex Ferguson stopped wishing them a good day as Ed Woodward planned the Dutchman's demise.
She said, as per the Manchester Evening News: 'I knew Louis would be fired by Manchester United. I felt it. We had a small boardroom there and it was always fun with the old Manchester legends, Ferguson, Bobby Charlton. We had a table there with good food and drinks.
'Suddenly, they stopped greeting us, just waved from afar. Something was wrong. It was female intuition.
'Then when the man (Woodward) denies it, Louis accepts it. I said, 'Louis, you're going to be fired. Get wise to it.' And I slammed the door of the apartment shut.
'After the FA Cup final, Louis said, 'Well, we did it!' I said, 'Louis, they say you've been fired.'
'He got so angry! 'Why did you have to spoil my party? Stop all this aggressive nonsense!'
After a season in which they failed to make the Champions League and scored just 49 goals in the Premier League on their route to placing fifth, Van Gaal was fired.
It was gathered that Van Gaal spent £284 million at the club on players including Radamel Falcao, Angel Di Maria, and Anthony Martial.
She added: 'Later, he said, "Hi, it's Louis. You can come home, you were right". His voice sounded broken, so I said, "Alright, I'm on my way". When I came home I could see he'd been crying. I hugged him. I had tears in my eyes too.'
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