AMSTERDAM: Louis van Gaal was named on Wednesday as the new coach of the Netherlands, signing a deal through to next year's World Cup final in Qatar, the Dutch football association said.
Van Gaal replaces Frank de Boer, who quit after the Netherlands lost to the Czech Republic in the last 16 of the European Championship in June. Van Gaal will have former national team coach Danny Blind and Henk Fraser from Sparta Rotterdam as his assistants and Frans Hoek as his goalkeeper coach.The Dutch play three World Cup qualifiers in the space of seven days in September, away to Norway on Sep 1, and then at home to Montenegro on Sep 4 and Turkey on Sep 7.
"We have in the coming months ahead of us the assignment of qualifying for the World Cup. We have little preparation time, and given this, we were looking for a coach with exceptional qualities, which can also quickly anticipate and for whom coaching the national team does not hold any secrets," said KNVB director Nico-Jan Hoogma in explaining the appointment.
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