Louis van Gaal is busy filling in the technical staff of the Dutch national team. It General Newspaper reports Tuesday afternoon that the intended new national coach of the Dutch wants to attract Henk Fraser as his right-hand man. His employer Sparta Rotterdam confirms that there has already been contact with the KNVB, but also emphasizes that no final agreement has yet been reached regarding the interim departure of Fraser. The trainer is honored by the advances from Zeist, it sounds like.
“It was still in the probing phase”, technical director Henk van Stee refers to the first contacts between the football association and Sparta in conversation with RTV Rijnmond. “Louis wanted to know what the options were. He may have approached many more candidates. I don’t know.” It General Newspaper also reports that Fraser could combine his work as a trainer at Sparta with his work at the Dutch. As a player, he has a shared past with Van Gaal at Sparta in the eighties, which also applies to Danny Blind. He is also in the picture as an assistant with the Dutch national team. Blind had already been associated with the Dutch as a national coach and assistant national coach in the past.
Van Gaal certainly not around: ‘He has laid down a certain set of requirements’
The intended new national coach attaches great importance to the interpretation of the technical staff of the Dutch.
It is not yet known how Fraser views Van Gaal’s wish to work with him at the Dutch national team. The trainer extended his contract with Sparta last month until mid-2024. His old contract in Rotterdam continued until the summer of 2022. Van Gaal himself is under contract with the KNVB until the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, if he actually chooses. for a return as head coach. Fraser could then succeed him after the final round, if the football association cannot find another suitable candidate by then.
Fraser previously worked as head coach at ADO Den Haag and VItesse and has been with Sparta for the group since mid-2018. In his first season with The Lords of the Castle he immediately managed to force promotion to the Eredivisie. Sparta maintained itself at the highest level and last season they finished in eighth place. As a result, a ticket for the play-offs for European football was won. However, Feyenoord turned out to be too strong in the semi-final in De Kuip: 2-0.
Valentijn Driessen recently reported that Van Gaal wants certain guarantees from the KNVB regarding his technical staff. “He has submitted a certain package of requirements to the KNVB and finding the right people for it takes more time than expected,” the journalist said in the podcast on Friday. Kick-Off. The KNVB had actually wanted to present Van Gaal last week, but that did not work out. “Apparently there is still something needed before he can sign his contract, and I understand that. There are several people he would like to have on his staff and they all have to come from outside the KNVB. Frans Hoek, for example, is something you can do.” So call. He does have some agreements, but he can reschedule that,” says Driessen.
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