Derksen lays into one person within the KNVB mercilessly

Johan Derksen discusses in Greetings from Grolloo the appointment of Xavi as head coach of the Netherlands national team. De Snor goes in remarkably hard on one person within the KNVB who was involved in the search for a new manager.

"You cannot say he does not have a good CV," Derksen says as he begins his analysis of Xavi's appointment as the new Netherlands head coach. "It is a big name, although he has not done that much as a coach yet, little experience. What speaks in his favour is that he grew up with the Cruyff philosophy. So Xavi would fit in well in the Netherlands."

He then adds straight away: "I still find it strange to take a foreigner. Because I see that as an indictment of the KNVB's own coaching education. And an indictment of Dutch coaches, that they are being passed over."

"I also find it strange that Nigel de Jong and Clarence Seedorf simply decide who becomes the head coach," Derksen says, clearly unimpressed by the KNVB's search for a successor to Ronald Koeman. "And I know of Seedorf in particular that he is very resentful towards all kinds of people in football. People who, in his view, have always obstructed him. A frustrated lad who hates a great many people. And who will keep those very people out the door."

Derksen continues: "It is also incomprehensible that Peter Bosz never came up. Seedorf is dissatisfied with all the head coaches he worked with. He had a fantastic international career, but he never really showed it for the Netherlands national team. So I find it strange that he, with all his resentments, is allowed to decide who the head coach is," Derksen repeats once again in Monday's podcast.

For now, Derksen is giving Xavi the benefit of the doubt. "But I think it is unworkable to bring a Spanish-speaking lad to the Netherlands to make him head coach. He does not speak English, which means he cannot communicate. He would then need a Kluivert or something as an interpreter. As a coach, communication is actually your biggest tool."

Finally, the analyst from Grolloo says De Jong and Seedorf had actually wanted to appoint Michael Reiziger. "They noticed that nobody in the Netherlands had any understanding for that. And that everyone in football said: he does not have that status yet. Then they came under pressure. They did not dare push Reiziger through, so they started looking for a big name instead. To keep public opinion quiet."