Gertjan Verbeek no longer sees himself working as a trainer in the Netherlands. And it is even questionable whether he will continue as a coach at all, he let slip at the Sportforum at Along the Line And Surroundings on NPO Radio 1, in which he was one of the three guests.
“You should never say never in football”, he secretly kept his arm. “There are more trainers who had announced their retirement. But I hadn’t been active for a year, eh, after Adelaide, my Australian adventure. I would still like something like that, but the chance that I will still do something as a trainer in the Netherlands is small.”
His last job, at Almere City, ended in a soft spot. And led to an early departure after a few months last November. Although the departure has not yet brought much good. “They have even dropped,” says Verbeek. Alex Pastoor will start as the new head coach after the winter break.
Embarrassment
“There is a bit more energy in the team”, admits Verbeek, who has seen his old team play. “But it’s a repeating story: they can win it, they can lose it. So far they haven’t gotten better. That’s a shame.”
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