Overview
- The KNVB said the former striker will join Ronald Koeman’s staff as an assistant on February 1.
- Koeman highlighted his attacking expertise and ability to coach the forwards individually.
- His first involvement will come in the March window, when the Netherlands face Norway and Ecuador in friendlies.
- Recent roles included a brief interim stint managing Manchester United in 2024 and a Leicester job that ended following relegation in 2025.
- He had been linked to United’s caretaker vacancy this month before the club appointed Michael Carrick.