Louis Van Gaal’s stay as coach of the Netherlands has the Qatar Winter World Cup in 2022 as an expiration date. Whatever happens, it will not continue. Not because he has been diagnosed with “aggressive” prostate cancer of which he has already undergone 25 radiotherapy sessions and of which none of his players were aware, as he was in charge of revealing himself, but because that is how it was agreed with the 70-year-old technician.
His replacement, according to Voetbal Flitsenis an old acquaintance and with common denominators, such as his Barça past: Ronald Koeman. For him it would be his second adventure at the helm of the Oranje, precisely with that parenthesis after passing through the Camp Nou. By Telegraaf He completes a piece of information by adding that an agreement is being sought immediately in case Van Gaal’s disease worsens. At the moment, the still coach of the Netherlands, in what is also his second stage, has achieved six wins and three draws.
Koeman’s first stage in the Dutch national team was positive. In 20 games he had 11 wins, five draws and four losses. Two years leading the team (between 2018 and 2020) in which He did not compete in the European Championship or the World Cup, but he did reach the final of the Nations League, although the result was not the desired one: Portugal won the first edition of this tournament after beating the team of the former coach of Everton or Valencia, among others, 1-0.
His return as coach comes after passing through the Barcelona bench, in which, after little more than a season, he was dismissed for not reaping the expected results. Precisely, Koeman left Oranje in August 2020 to sign for the culé team.