Kevin Hofland has big plans for Fortuna Sittard. The Limburg club, which officially strengthened itself on Saturday with Mats Seuntjens, can end in the left row of the Eredivisie next season, according to the trainer.
“I can also shout: I hope we stay in the Eredivisie. Nice and safe. Only that goes so against my sports heart. It is non-committal bullshit, hope you stay in it. Or rather believe in something, don’t settle for how it has always been. In my opinion, you are sending the wrong signal to your players, “Hofland said in an extensive interview with Algemeen Dagblad.
Hofland has been head coach of Fortuna Sittard since the summer. For the past two and a half years he was an official assistant, first to René Eijer and later to Sjors Ultee. Hofland understands ‘of course’ that the CBV trainers union questioned the construction. “When there are so many unemployed trainers, it is strange that a non-qualified trainer works at Fortuna.”
Yet Hofland felt that there was more to it. “I had the feeling that there was envy that Fortuna was surprisingly promoted during my period and later stayed neatly in the Eredivisie. (…) I sometimes thought: Here we go again. More questions about the division of roles. Another email to the general manager. Not that it bothered me. “
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