Ronald Koeman pokes hornet’s nest at Everton with uncomfortable truths | Paul Wilson via The Guardian
Ronald Koeman’s comments about Romelu Lukaku and Liverpool’s title chances were not diplomatic but Evertonians should not pine for the failed romanticism of Roberto Martínez
Welcome back to club football, the sort that does not have to apologise for forcing viewers to wait an extra day for I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!. Events have been unfolding during the international break and it transpires that some Everton supporters think Ronald Koeman should be gagged. They do not care for the tone of some of the manager’s recent remarks and believe club officials should step in to shut him up next time he starts saying Romelu Lukaku probably will have to move somewhere else to fulfil his potential, or suggests Liverpool might be playing well enough
to win the league.
Not all Everton fans are up in arms, it should be stressed, but a quick visit to the usual Merseyside platforms for football news and chat will reveal quite a few comments to the effect that Koeman has strayed beyond the pale. It appears characteristically Dutch outspokenness was fine when the topics for discussion were the underperforming Ross Barkley or
the out-of-favour Oumar Niasse, but not so amusing when the subject changed to his own future – Koeman was rash enough to admit he would like to manage Holland one day – or the other lot from across Stanley Park.
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