NETHERLANDS COACH DANNY Blind says Louis van Gaal would make an ideal appointment for the Dutch football association as technical director.
Blind was part of van Gaal’s coaching staff at the World Cup in 2014 and served under successor Guus Hiddink before taking the top job in July during a disastrous Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.
Netherlands failed to earn a place at the finals in France next summer, while van Gaal has endured a difficult season at Manchester United – his side have gone eight matches without a victory in all competitions.
Van Gaal – whose future at Old Trafford has come under considerable scrutiny – has stated previously that United will be his last job in management but Blind would welcome the 64-year-old’s appointment by the Dutch Football Association (KNVB).
“With van Gaal I could achieve a lot,” Blind told Algemeen Dagblad.
“He is in the top category. But there are also many other options to think of where the shoe could fit.
“I do not know if that will happen. I recently read a comment by [KNVB director of professional football] Bert van Oostveen about [appointing a technical director]. But I have not spoken to him about it personally.
“The key question is: what are the pillars of the work of a technical director? I have been one myself a couple of times in my career and basically it comes down to a buying and selling policy but that is at a club, not at the KNVB.
“It comes to the flow of youth players. You have to offer an exciting job and it must be someone with respect. It’s difficult.”
He says he feels more British then Irish. Good on him but as a news story in irish media in sport sure he may as well be ian poulter, lee Westwood, jamie Donaldson or justin rose or even sergio Garcia. The difference between them and rory? They are not confused about any aspect of their nationality.
Well he’s undoubtedly Northern Irish, and there’s a much larger readership of TheScore in Northern Ireland than in England, so maybe people do want to hear about Rory. If you don’t, don’t bother clicking on it, let alone commenting.
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Sure you Norn Iron people from your wee country, do tend to like a good confrontation now and again. Dead wide, with an oul edge to earn a few bob down in the foreign country when it suits which could also be termed as the Irish free state. Interesting that the folk from the so called mainland of the UK regard you all as paddy’s or micks or other derogatory labels when it suits unless of course an exceptional sportsman like Mcilroy, Georgie Best or even Barry Mcguigan from county monaghan comes along and is immediately classed as British,upon succeeding in whatever sport they are at. A strange bunch you’s are but sure that’s grand. Hoping Shane Lowry has a great tournament. He is a great ambassador for Irish golf both amateur and pro. Expecting a few trolls from a few keyboard Norn Iron warriors or from wherever now probably, but it bores the bejaysus out of me, even the accent is like ffs. Good and bad in every race of people I just haven’t met the good which come out of Ulster so that’s ok. Rory good luck to you but this stuff of not wanting to alienate people has all the political correctness with Mcguigan in the 80′s and that was painful enough because ultimately he was chasing the sterling (UK public) and the punt (Irish public) and whatever currency he could get hold off. Say what you feel, represent GB and be proud of it. The Irish Americans may not like you in the same way but who cares, you will make a sh$tload of money regardless.
It’s all right, Patrick. I’ll put the toys back in the pram for you!