Everton boss Ronald Koeman has dismissed speculation suggesting that he could possibly replace Dick Advocaat as the manager of the Dutch national team.
After failing to guide the Oranje to the 2018 World Cup, current manager Advocaat is set to step down from his position after the friendlies in November and Koeman’s name has been suggested as a possible replacement.
Koeman was largely praised for the work that he did while manager of Southampton and also earned good reviews for the work that he did with the Toffees last season. Many Dutch fans would have certainly wanted him to manage the national team.
However he seemingly put paid to doing that for now when he said: “Of course my name is linked to the Dutch national team job and that was also the case a few years ago. But I am now manager of Everton and that is the most important thing. I will not become Dutch national team manager.
”I believe the Dutch national team has lost too much quality. There are no longer any top international players in the squad. Arjen Robben was the last one and he has just retired from the Dutch national team.
“We still have talent but our players are too quick to go abroad. There was a time where we had big footballers. But now we have fallen away.
”Belgium and Germany have adapted and we still have to react. But we will come back because the Netherlands have always produced good footballers.”
