The early elimination of Belgium from the World Cup in Qatar and the subsequent departure of the Spaniard Roberto Martinez from the bench, caused controversy over who should now lead the “red devils” with names such asor Vincent Kompany, Michel Prud’Homm and Thierry Henry in the pools and euro 2024 in the peephole.
One of the most vocal options in the local press is to entrust the technical leadership of Belgium to a duo formed by Thierry Henry and Thomas Vermaelen.
Both accompanied Martinez for part of his six years in charge of the Red Devils. the first since 2016, except while he was coach at Monaco between 2018 and 2019, and the second as one of the defensive strongholds until his retirement in January 2022, when he automatically became the technical specialist of the national national team.
One disadvantage of this option is Vermaelen’s lack of experience as a first coach and Henri did not do well in Monaco when he took on the role.
Another name that has been repeatedly mentioned by the Belgian press since the group stage elimination is Vincent Kompany, a former national team defender who returned to his origin club Anderlecht after eleven seasons at Manchester City. first as a player-coach and then only as a coach (2019-2022).
But like Henry, Kompany also failed to live up to expectations and left the Brussels club last summer.
Philippe Clement, the former Belgian player and current manager of Monaco, also appears in the pools after coming through the bench at Club Brugge, Genk and Beveren.
At Club Brugge, Clément spent four seasons as deputy to Michel Prud’Home, the famed Belgian goalkeeper of the 1990s who is also the focus of would-be coaches and has twenty years of experience managing clubs such as Club Brugge and Barcelona. , FC Twente in the Netherlands or Al-Shabab from Saudi Arabia.
Belgian sports media also speculate that Hein Vanhaesbroek, the current coach of Belgian side La Hantoise, may be the chosen one. that before the World Cup he proposed a revolutionary way of choosing a coach.
“The best players play at the World Cup. The best judges too. But not the best coaches,” said the coach.
“There is a reason for this. After all, the best coaches work in the clubs. Could countries hire national coaches? for a month? Surely then you would have the best World Cup with the best coaches,” said Wanhazebrook, whose team is fifth in the Belgian league.
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Source: La Opinion
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