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.

"The intellectualisation
of football has
always foundered
on a simple problem-
-the players. Doing
all your most
rewarding thinking
with your feet seems
to dull the philo-
sophical impulse.
Unless, of course,
you are Dutch.
According to legend,
Europeans played
a moronic, muscular
version of the world's
game, until Holland
proclaimed its vision
of total football in the
1974 World Cup,
and enlightenment
dawned."

From:
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football