On April 6, Beijing time, the Dutch national team officially announced that Koeman will serve as the national team coach from 2023. According to the official announcement, after the World Cup, Ronald Koeman will succeed Van Gaal as the national team coach. His contract with the Dutch Football Federation will run until the 2026 World Cup.
After the official news was released, Koeman said: “I am proud to announce that I will be the coach of the Netherlands national team again after the World Cup. I am very much looking forward to taking office and let us achieve new success together! I look forward to new cooperation with the national team. “A year and a half ago, I certainly didn’t leave the Dutch national team because of dissatisfaction. I feel good here, and the collaboration with the internationals is also good, and we will continue on the same path. That’s for sure for me. of.”
Ronald Koeman, who previously coached the Netherlands from 2018 to 2020, then chose to leave the Netherlands to take over Barcelona until the current coach Xavi took over after leaving. Koeman has a very good relationship with many players of the Dutch team. He has led them to achieve quite good results, but it is difficult to say whether there is a rift between him and the Dutch Football Association. After all, he was bent on leaving early. During his two and a half years as the coach of the Dutch national team, Koeman coached the national team in a total of 20 games, with a record of 11 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses, and led his team to win the UEFA Nations League runner-up.
The current Netherlands coach Van Gaal has previously announced that he has prostate cancer and will leave the post after the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Van Gaal previously revealed his condition on a show: “They don’t know it, they just see the blush on my face and think: What a healthy person this is. But it’s not the case.”
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