Advocaat looks set for a 3rd stint as Dutch coach

AFP, THE HAGUE: Veteran coach Dick Advocaat looks set for a third stint in charge of the floundering Dutch national side after reaching an agreement with the football federation, local media reported Monday.
The paperwork for the return of the 69-year-old, currently at Turkish club Fenerbahce, “most likely will be completed this week”, his business manager Rob Jansen told the ANP national news agency.
Advocaat has “a verbal agreement” with the Royal Dutch Football Federation (KNVB), Jansen said.
Dutch tabloid Algemeen Dagblad reported Advocaat and the KNVB had “definitively reached an agreement as national coach until November”.
“The new national coach and the federation however still have to ink the agreement,” it added.
There was no immediate confirmation from the KNVB.
Advocaat -- who previously managed the national side from 1992 to 1994 and 2002 to 2004 -- would take over from Danny Blind, who was sacked in March after a 2-0 defeat to Bulgaria that left the team's chances of reaching the World Cup finals hanging by the slenderest of threads.

Advocaat looks set for a 3rd stint as Dutch coach

AFP, THE HAGUE: Veteran coach Dick Advocaat looks set for a third stint in charge of the floundering Dutch national side after reaching an agreement with the football federation, local media reported Monday. The paperwork for the return of the 69-year-old, currently at Turkish club Fenerbahce, most likely will be completed this week, his business manager Rob Jansen told the ANP national news agency. Advocaat has a verbal agreement with the Royal Dutch Football Federation (KNVB), Jansen said. Dutch tabloid Algemeen Dagblad reported Advocaat and the KNVB had definitively reached an agreement as national coach until November. The new national coach and the federation however still have to ink the agreement, it added. There was no immediate confirmation from the KNVB. Advocaat -- who previously managed the national side from 1992 to 1994 and 2002 to 2004 -- would take over from Danny Blind, who was sacked in March after a 2-0 defeat to Bulgaria that left the teams chances of reaching the World Cup finals hanging by the slenderest of threads.