René van der Gijp does not think that Ronald Koeman has done well to have his life as a coach of Barcelona recorded for a documentary. Currently the second season of Forca Koeman broadcast by Videoland. Van der Gijp does not think that the Koeman family appears sympathetic in the documentary, while Johan Derksen does not understand why the trainer’s management has put the plan into effect.
“Two adult men, Ronald Koeman and Rob Jansen, do not come to the conclusion that those three episodes are shocking,” says Van der Gijp disapprovingly in the broadcast of Veronica Inside. “After ten, fifteen minutes of watching, they have not come to the conclusion: guys, we’re not gonna do this. We’re coming out of a pandemic, people have gone bankrupt, with their backs against the wall, we’ve had a benefits affair, and that bitch is going to cry over a man under pressure and making a million a month. Act normal, dude. Act normal, dude! Come on! Then you’re crazy, aren’t you?”
Bartina Koeman showed in the documentary that she was touched by her husband’s emotions.
Van der Gijp refers to Bartina Koeman, who can be seen in the documentary. Koeman’s wife said it was “very painful” to see Koeman shed a tear at a time when he was under great pressure from chairman Joan Laporta. Then Bartina also shed a tear in the interview. “Can you imagine what triggers it all. If only that man (Laporta, ed.)) knew,” she said. Derksen speaks of a ‘hysterical family’. The analyst believes that Jansen, as Koeman’s agent, should have put a stop to the documentary. However, the documentary was precisely the idea of Stefan Valk, who works at Wasserman, the management office of Koeman to which Jansen is also associated.
“You work at such a big club, then you shouldn’t want this at all,” says Van der Gijp. “You may have to do it after your career, like Michael Jordan. I saw him yesterday: he is 25 kilos overweight again, is getting worked up with such a tripe and a red head, it is really not a face.” Koeman was sent off in the final phase of the match against Cádiz (0-0) by referee Carlos del Cerro Grande. According to Derksen, Koeman ‘looks like he lives on the loose, there’.
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A press conference by Koeman was planned in preparation for the match, but the trainer did not answer questions from the press. He appeared for three minutes and read a statement asking for support and understanding from the fans. Van der Gijp looked at it in amazement. “It’s a kind of madness, isn’t it? There are thirty journalists there to ask questions and write a piece in their newspaper. You have the idea: That’s not going to happen today, I read a piece and I’m gone. It’s desperation. It’s pure overestimation.”
Derksen calls the way in which Koeman appeared at the press conference ‘unprofessional’. Van der Gijp thinks that the Barcelona board also has reservations about Koeman as a person. “He is not a bad guy, but he sees an enemy behind every tree. He is very suspicious. You really do not tell me that Barcelona is only about performance. They also think it is a creep, one hundred percent.” The coach was suspended for two games after he was sent off against Cádiz. Even if Koeman is allowed to stay on as coach of Barcelona, he will miss the competition matches against Levante (Sunday) and Atlético Madrid (next Saturday).