Van der Vaart: ‘Hedwiges Maduro put a knife in Steijn’s back’
Monday, October 23, 2023 at 9:10 PM
Rafael van der Vaart believes that Hedwiges Maduro has stabbed Maurice Steijn in the back, the analyst said during Rondo’s broadcast. The analyst is certain that the temporary successor of the dismissed Steijn has passed on information to Annemieke Zijerveld, the mental coach and psychologist of Almere City who has taken a step back indefinitely. Maduro himself recently distanced himself from Zijerveld’s statements.
Zijerveld stated in the program De Perstribune on NPO Radio 1 that Steijn makes ‘big mistakes’ at Ajax and that her hands start to itch when she sees the players. “I just see very weak leadership with frustrated behavior and covering the eyes,” said Zijerveld, who announced last Friday that she would temporarily resign from her position.
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Van der Vaart was very shocked by the statements and blames Maduro a lot. “That trainer is coming now, Maduro. Then you have to remember that the mental coach of Almere City comes up with things that come from Maduro. She said that herself. Well, that is your assistant. Good luck with it When I heard that I really thought: no way!”
“As a head coach, you should never hire an assistant who ultimately wants to become a head coach,” Van der Vaart continues at Ziggo Sport. “You have to have someone next to you who you trust one hundred percent. You just have to know that you are going to do it together.”
“The moment Maduro came, you already knew that he would eventually want to become a head coach. But the moment I heard this from that mental coach, I really thought: wow! Then you just get a knife in the back and it’s just end of story.”
“You can talk about it, but Maduro just told her how it goes,” Van der Vaart concludes. “I thought that was a very sad moment. Without explicitly naming it, she simply says that the information came from Maduro.”
Youri Mulder, also present in the talk show, fully agrees with his colleague. “It is actually ridiculous that Maduro is passed on, because he simply sawed at the legs of the coach.”
2023-10-23 19:10:00
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