Roberto Martinez Front-Runner to Be Next Netherlands Head Coach - DutchNews.nl
The former Belgium and Portugal coach has emerged as a surprise contender after other leading candidates ruled themselves out, reports said.
- The Dutch Football Association is reportedly targeting Roberto Martinez to replace Ronald Koeman as head coach, a move that would break a 48-year tradition of hiring exclusively Dutch managers for the Oranje.
- Koeman departed after Oranje's disappointing World Cup campaign ended in a round of 32 exit against Morocco, which critics widely censured for his containment tactics.
- The 53-year-old Spaniard emerged as a candidate after Arne Slot, Erik ten Hag, and Peter Bosz ruled themselves out, while the KNVB declined an application from 75-year-old former Ajax trainer Louis van Gaal.
- Martinez's representative Jesse De Preter says they will talk if KNVB technical director Nigel De Jong calls, though discussions with under-21 coach Michael Reiziger have stalled since Sunday.
- Martinez previously managed Belgium's "Golden Generation" and Portugal, where he won the 2024/25 Nations League; if appointed, he would be the first foreign manager leading the Netherlands since Austrian Ernst Happel during the 1978 World Cup.
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