Hugo Borst would like to see Louis van Gaal take over from Sarina Wiegman at the the Dutch Lionesses after the Olympic Games, although the columnist also realizes that the former national coach is unlikely to come out of retirement. Borst believes that Van Gaal would be the ideal coach for the current generation of players, who have been under a magnifying glass in recent years.
“In recent months, attention has shifted to men with the highest trainer diplomas. Left and right, former internationals have been polled and even asked”, Borst kicks off in his weekly contribution to the Algemeen Dagblad. “But the Ruud van Nistelrooys, Giovanni’s van Bronckhorst, Phillip Cocu’s don’t like it. I didn’t ask the men directly, but their ambitions are definitely not there.” The sports journalist then immediately thought of Van Gaal, although it seems unlikely that the KNVB will be able to entice him for the role of national coach of the women.
“Louis is retired. Too bad. Very unfortunate. He would have taken his assignment seriously,” Borst continues with his reflection. “They had definitely listened to him, our Lionesses. Because the women have gotten the best of their heads, or maybe I should say: they are aware of the star status, they are demanding,” said the columnist, who told the former coach from Ajax and Barcelona, among others, ‘cut out’ for the succession of the extremely successful Wiegman.
“He wouldn’t be guilty of that stupid comparison between men’s football and women’s football, most men do that,” Borst says for Van Gaal. “Louis would also be one of the few who would not have been too shitty to succeed Wiegman, the coach who has performed disproportionately well with her team.” Finally, Borst puts forward the name of Dick Advocaat. “As the very, very last job? Hmmm. He was very bad-tempered about Leonne Stentler this weekend. ‘Snot nose’, he scoffed at the analyst of the NOS”, the football expert concludes.
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