ESPN analyst hopes, just like so many others, for Peter Bosz: “There are two options”
1 min readEarlier this week, national team coach Ronald Koeman announced that he would stop as head coach of the Netherlands national team. As a result, a debate has broken out about who should be the ideal successor to Koeman.
Many football fans and analysts have pinned their hopes on the KNVB approaching current PSV coach Peter Bosz. Among others, Jan van Halst, Hugo Borst and Valentijn Driessen spoke candidly about the fact that they would like to see Bosz as national team coach.
In February, the head coach extended his contract at PSV until the summer of 2028, which means the chances are nil that the KNVB will reach out to Bosz. Nevertheless, ESPN analyst and former PSV player Marciano Vink believes that the KNVB should inquire about Bosz.
''I would just do it. Whether you can manage it is another matter, but in football anything is possible. It is up to PSV and Bosz to say: 'we're not going to do that; he signed a contract here of his own free will and he stays here''', says the analyst in Voetbalpraat on ESPN.
Still, Vink thinks there is a scenario possible in which PSV lets Bosz go. ''Maybe they say, 'you know what, we give you your wish. You’ve won three championships here with us.' There are two options. Either no, or yes'', Vink said.
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If PSV actually says yes, it will be because they feel he will never sign another extension. Those three titles line from Vink is a nice story, but clubs rarely give up a manager for free. Expect a salary and buyout negotiation or its just talk.
Marciano Vink saying "i would just do it" is brave, but i dont see it happening while PSV have Champions League ambitions. Bosz staying feels like the most realistic answer, unless PSV decide to cash in now and rebuild.
"There are two options" yeah... and PSV should choose the option where Bosz stays, not the circus version. Goated if Bosz leads Oranje, but right now we need him here to build again. 🔥
Bosz fits the Netherlands like a glove. Pressing, bravery, patterns in attack... thats what Oranje needs. But tbh if PSV lets him go they better have a replacement plan, because you cant just lose that brain and hope it works.
Bosz as NT coach sounds like a match made in heaven tactically, but the contract reality is brutal. That "Either no, or yes" is exactly how it works, and for PSV it should be a hard no. Let Koeman pick someone else and keep the project going in Eindhoven, we already know Bosz cooks at club level.
"There are two options" is such a weirdly accurate way to frame it lol. Either PSV holds the line or they do a proper goodbye for a legend. If Koeman leaving opens the door even a little, i think KNVB should at least call and see.
Honestly id love Bosz in that Oranje job, just for the style and intensity. But that contract until 2028 is a hard wall, imo. Still, if anyone can make the "two options" thing work, it would be Bosz.
Marciano Vink says "I would just do it" and honestly i get the logic, but PSV wont just hand Bosz over because they ask nicely. If Bosz signed to 2028, that "two options" thing is kinda cap. I'd rather keep him and let the Oranje dream wait.