Underfire Everton boss rules himself out for Holland job

Ronald Koeman has reiterated his commitment to Everton and ruled himself out of the running to succeed Dick Advocaat as Netherlands head coach.

Advocaat stepped down as Holland head coach after failing to lead his country to the 2018 World Cup, meaning the Dutch has missed consecutive major tournaments for the first time since 1984 and 1986.

The search for his successor has started immediately and there’ve been suggestions that the Dutch FA want Koeman to take Holland back to their former glories.

However, Koeman, who reportedly only has the rest of the month to save his Everton job, insists he is fully committed to the Toffees and has no interest leading the national side.

“I’m not surprised they put my name in because they did the same some years ago,” The Daily Mirror quote Koeman as saying at his pre-match press conference ahead of Everton’s clash with Brighton this weekend.

“But I am Everton manager. That’s the most important thing. In the future? It’s not realistic now. We have other businesses to do with Everton. We need to change our situation in the table. That’s the priority for the long-term.”

Everton are only two points above the bottom three after winning just one of their opening seven league games. In fact, Swansea (3) and Crystal Palace (0) have found the back the net fewer times than Everton (4) thus far.