Dutch tabloid journalist calls Bert van Marwijk a
liar
Monday 14 December 2009
During a live TV-show on Dutch
television tabloid journalist Hugo Borst called Holland
boss Bert van Marwijk a liar.
The reason for the stiff conversation
of Van Marwijk and the reporter was the supposed behavior
of Wesley Sneijder ahead of a match with the Dutch national
team and whether his functioning within the team had
been questioned among the staff of the Dutch team.
Van Marwijk said that that wasn't
so after which Borst called Van Marwijk a liar.
The discussion got fired up to
such an extend that Van Marwijk warned Borst to mind
his tongue several times.
"You better stop now,"
Van Marwijk said repeatedly.
"You are going to far. Don't
accuse me of lying. I haven't come here to listen to
your rubbish."
Borst quoted a source within the
squad saying that "Sneijder asked reserve goal
keeper Piet Velthuizen how much he earned at Vitesse
Arnhem. Velthuizen answered that he made about 400.000
euro to which Sneijder replied scornfully that he made
at least 20 times as much at Inter."
Borst called Sneijder a potential
trouble maker in the Dutch squad.
After the intervention of another
guest - former AZ- and Red Bull Salzburg coach Co Adriaanse
- Van Marwijk was willing to admit that Sneijder's behavior
isn't always as it should be bit did not wish to acknowledge
that Sneijder's position had been a point of discussion.
It was also said that Sneijder
does not get along with Robin van Persie, one of the
other stars in the Dutch squad.
Hugo Borst is a columnist for Dutch
tabloid Algemeen Dagblad and regularly stirs up controversy
by revealing what he calls inside information.
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