The price of success. When you do well, as a Dutch top club with money needs (AZ, Feyenoord, PSV), bigger clubs will come and rob you of your top players.…
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Johan Cruyff famously said: "There are four people on the planet I will listen to if it's about football. Wim Jansen is one of them." He was head coach for…
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Boy, what a sensational team they are developing up there... Van Beveren on goal. Now Van der Kuylen, Cruyff and Rensenbrink up front. Nico Reinders has been there for a…
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In the late 60s, Ajax had a first stab at it, but they lost their finals, vs Internationale, 4-1. The still playful and naive Ajax players vs shrewd and ruthless…
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He was one of my heroes. Robbie Rensenbrink. And he went on to join that tremendous Dutch team up in the heavens, alongside the likes of Cruyff, Keizer, Moulijn and…
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Another disappointing weekend for Dutch football. Ronald and Erwin Koeman sacked at Everton. Ajax and Feyenoord in a less than average Klassieker. Where fouls, tackles and bad passes reigned. And…
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This is part 2 of the Wim Jansen story on the KNVB strategy "Winners of Tomorrow". A big number of football "experts" were engaged in this big think tank platform…
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Quick reminder and request: please come check me out on Facebook and like me :-). I will show my age with these words... But one of the most underrated players…
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Wim Kieft is quite a tv personality these days. A reluctant people's man. Shy as a player. Humble. A bit narcy. Got in trouble after his football career, when acting as…
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Feyenoord's youth system architect Wim Jansen with inspiration Johan Cruyff Dutch Eleven? I can hear you think? Did the Dutch team lose? No, Feyenoord lost. Against Marco van Basten's Heerenveen.…
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