KNVB catches up with Frank Rijkaard | Football

sport">Earlier, after his last job as a trainer, Rijkaard had already announced that he no longer had any ambition to ever return to the coaching profession. On January 16, 2013, he was fired as Saudi Arabia’s national team coach. Before that he trained Galatasaray and won the Champions League with FC Barcelona in 2006.

sport">According to directors Eric Gudde and Nico-Jan Hoogma, Rijkaard was the ideal candidate national coach and someone who perfectly matched the profile that the KNVB had drawn up after Koeman’s departure. The players council of the Dutch national team also wanted to cooperate with Rijkaard.

sport">The KNVB has since been transferred to the next candidate for the national team and his availability. The football association hopes to present Koeman’s successor for the next three international matches in October against Mexico, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Italy.

sport">“I think it would be best for the Dutch national team to get a new national coach as soon as possible”, says Valentijn Driessen in the new football podcast. Kick-off.

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