Dutch players will be walking a diplomatic tightrope during the current international break, as media in the Netherlands asks as many new-manager questions as possible.
Dick Advocaat is currently in charge of Oranje, but it’s expected he’ll step aside for a younger manager pretty soon. Liverpool’s Georginio Wijnaldum was greeted on arrival in Noordwijk by questions about Ronald Koeman potentially getting the big national job.
Being a Liverpool player, Wijnaldum will have seen Koeman’s Everton crisis unfold locally, but the Dutch coach’s first season at Goodison Park was widely seen as a triumph, helping build an unsustainable level of optimism.
Wijnaldum said the only thing he could, and is quoted by De Telegraaf stating: “A good trainer. He’s proved that. If Dick Advocaat would leave, he’s a good option.”
Koeman is one of the favourites to take on the Netherlands job, and that was the case even before his Everton sacking finally came.
