Bayern Munich boss Louis van Gaal has slammed Barcelona for their treatment of Sir Bobby Robson.

In his new book, launched last week, Van Gaal recalls how he came to be named coach at Barca.

It was back in 1997 when the ambitious Dutch coach arrived at the Nou Camp and Robson was shunted upstairs.

Van Gaal said: "The Barca president said Robson was the coach and I'd have a learning year with the youth team.

"But all of a sudden the president said, 'Forget what we agreed, you are going to be the senior coach'.

"I honestly did not like it. But they just moved Robson upstairs. I thought it was awful towards Robson.

"The man had won three major trophies that season - the Cup-Winners' Cup, the Spanish Cup and the Super Cup.

"But Barca said the football was poor. The Catalan people were harsh to Robson. What could he have done more?

"There was this game where he had led the team to a 7-1 victory. The crowd was not happy, it should have been 10-1. Unbelievable."