It's typical Barcelona when things go bad, they always look for the foreigners':

Louis van Gaal BLASTS his former club for scapegoating his Holland stars Frenkie de Jong and Memphis Depay amid slump

Barcelona have endured a difficult start to the season and are ninth in LaLiga

They lost their opening two Champions League matches to Bayern and Benfica

Ronald Koeman is under immense pressure and Dutch stars have been criticised

Yet Louis van Gaal took aim at people at the Catalan club for blaming foreigners  

Holland head coach Louis van Gaal has taken aim at Barcelona for 'blaming foreigners' with the Catalan club in the midst of a crisis on and off the pitch. 

Ronald Koeman's side have endured a difficult start to the season and are currently ninth in the LaLiga table - they also lost their opening two Champions League games to Bayern Munich and Benfica, both by a 3-0 scoreline. 

Pressure is mounting on the Barca boss and Dutch stars Frenkie De Jong and Memphis Depay have also come under fire - yet Van Gaal leapt to the defence of his compatriots this week.

Asked about his countryman being scrutinised, he said: 'Frenkie de Jong, criticised?'

'It's typical Barcelona. When you have the great contributions he's had in the past two years, there's not too much to worry about.

'[But] when things go bad, people in Barcelona always look for the foreigners [to blame].'

Van Gaal, who is managing his country for the third time, coached Barcelona from 1997-2000 and 2002-2003.#Sports