Heerenveen did not perform well against PSV, to say the least. With an 8-0 score, they were shown all corners of the field at home. Peter Bosz’s club wrote history with this the club’s biggest away win in Eredivisie history. Moreover, it was also the biggest defeat for Heerenveen at the highest level in the club’s history.
Away from Feyenoord
The question now arises: how would Robin van Persie look at the loss of the Frisian club? Although there was speculation before the weekend whether this meant that Van Persie would no longer want to become the club’s trainer, we now know what happened. Van Persie was presented today as the new head coach of SC Heerenveen.
“They really wanted to keep him at Feyenoord (…), and Van Persie said, ‘I’m not doing any of that, I want to become a head coach myself’. Quite interesting,” says Erik Dijkstra in Sports Office.
Dijkstra and Evenblij believe in Robin van Persie. “Training is about gaining experience and that is also possible at Heerenveen. It can also work out well by chance. If it works out well, you often make quick steps,” says Evenblij.
Marco van Basten
Van Persie is certainly not the first former professional footballer to become a trainer at the Frisian club. Marco van Basten, for example, preceded him. “He won the Ballon d’Or several times for the best football player in the world. He would lie awake at night from the stress because those people from Heerenveen could not play football very well.”
“I really like it,” says Evenblij. “He is also an interesting figure who rarely allows himself to be interviewed.” Dijkstra adds: “A free spirit. And I think it’s nice that he also chooses his own path here. He has had several conversations there, he will be allowed to spend something, to buy some players. Losing 8-0 at home and quite a pale season in Heerenveen, that can only go better.”
Opportunities for Van Persie
Evenblij also calls it a safe choice where he can grow: “It is a team that has been in the Eredivisie for so long, you don’t just see them relegated. They always play between place 12 and place 6. You have quite a margin there. , so if things go well, it will work out well. And at Heerenveen you can keep it up. I think Van Persie will get opportunities there.”
