“I can’t deny that I wanted this. Being a head coach in the Netherlands, the country where I was raised as a trainer, is my dream. I’ve been a trainer for eight years now, so I’m no longer a novice. I think it’s funny that people see you like that, because you haven’t been a head coach yet. “
Rankovic does little that ADO Den Haag is known as a difficult club. “Are there any easy clubs then? I don’t know one anyway. I know the club, I know the mentality of the people and the supporters. I think that’s an advantage.”
Successor Pardew
At ADO Den Haag, Rankovic succeeds Alan Pardew, who was only eight games on the bench as head coach at the premier league club. The Englishman failed to lead ADO out of the relegation zone.
The club was in seventeenth place when the corona crisis ended the league in March. Because football association KNVB decided that no clubs will be relegated this year, ADO will also play at the highest level next season.
–
