Ronald Koeman seems to fully assume a return as national coach of the Dutch national team, the trainer made clear again on Friday evening. Koeman was a guest at HLF8 and told Johnny de Mol that he was not interested in a new position at PSV, which made informal inquiries. He is fully focused on a return to the Dutch national team. “I think there is a chance, yes,” beamed the ex-Barcelona coach.
Koeman was approached ‘via via’ by PSV at the beginning of this year. “At that time it was not yet known that Roger Schmidt would leave… Whether I wanted to be on the shortlist if the trainer left,” said Koeman, who had been a trainer in Eindhoven for a year earlier. “I told you I didn’t want to.” Ajax does not have to call either. “They still have a trainer, don’t they?” Koeman is also not interested in succeeding Marc Overmars as director of football affairs. “No no, neither. That doesn’t appeal to me, no.” The coach only seems to want to return to the KNVB.
“It probably makes sense, given what happened, and Louis van Gaal is stepping down after the World Cup, that people say I’m coming back,” Koeman said. “What is the probability? It makes no sense at all to mention percentages.” When Jan Joost van Gangelen, who was also a guest, kept insisting, Koeman said with a revealing grin: “I think the opportunity is there, yes.” In his first period with the Dutch national team, Koeman qualified with his team for the European Championship 2020, which was postponed for a year due to the corona crisis. In the summer of 2020, he accepted the offer from Barcelona.
In the General Newspaper Koeman already said he was bitter about his dismissal in Catalonia, which followed on October 27 last year. “If you then see that they attract someone for 55 million euros shortly after they let Lionel Messi go…”, he referred to the winter arrival of Ferran Torres. “Then you wonder if there is nothing more going on. used to be. Why did Messi have to leave?” The quotes came under fierce criticism from René van der Gijp. VI Today† “You shouldn’t say that you are disappointed in Barcelona that they have let Lionel Messi go. I was reading it and thought: boy, are you having a hard time.”
However, Koeman does not take back his words. “Sometimes it is difficult to really say, but I did it anyway,” said the former international. “I also think that I have the right to do so. Because often in our world it is the case that everything can be said about you. Everyone has an opinion, and you are never allowed to say anything. From: ‘He has a lot of money after all. got?’ That money is completely unimportant. I would have wanted to be a coach at Barcelona, still. Then I think I also have the right to tell my side of my case. I am pissed that I am criticized for saying a word .”