NAC Breda Commissioner Criticized for His Handling of Coach’s Potential Departure

NAC Breda commissioner Pierre van Hooijdonk is being tackled firmly by Football Internationaljournalist Martijn Krabbendam. The former top striker resigned before coach Jean-Paul van Gastel left, despite the fact that he could earn a multiple of his NAC salary as assistant to Giovanni van Bronckhorst at Besiktas.

In the ESPN-plan Football talk Krabbendam has nothing good to say about Van Hooijdonk’s attitude. “As a footballer, wouldn’t he have left immediately if he could get some more money somewhere?” the journalist recalls from his memory. “In fact, he played for Nottingham Forest and, I believe, went on strike at Benfica when he could go to Feyenoord. And now his trainer can earn a lot of money in Istanbul and then Pierre, as commissioner, suddenly says: no, no, we’re not doing that. On.”

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Besiktas has recently been in discussions with Van Bronckhorst about becoming a new head coach. The former player of Feyenoord and FC Barcelona, ​​among others, would have liked to take Van Gastel to the Turkish top club. The duo previously worked successfully together at Feyenoord and in China. However, NAC, which appointed Van Gastel in September as successor to the dismissed Peter Hyballa, refused to cooperate in a departure and Besiktas eventually switched to the experienced Portuguese Fernando Santos.

Kenneth Perez believes that the fault also lies with Van Gastel himself. “I find it very strange that he has not stated in his contract that he can go with Van Bronckhorst at any time if he feels the need,” says the Dane. “As NAC, you choose him as head coach, he may have a short contract, but you give him the chance. So I understand the club very well,” said Perez. ADjournalist Sjoerd Mossou confirms Krabbendam’s lecture, who states that several people at NAC would have thought it was ‘fine’ if Van Gastel left, but that Van Hooijdonk rejected it. “But: he now sits on the other side of the table and is just as strong as he was as a player.”