As room mates at the 1998 World Cup with Holland neither really contemplated a future in management. Why would they when they were still to reach the peak of their wonderful playing careers with, at that stage, Rangers and Leeds United as well as their national team?
But when Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink looks back he can now recognise the characteristics in his old pal Gio van Bronckhorst which meant he was destined to be a success in the dugout. The calmness, the aura, the understanding of the beautiful game.
Their country gave birth to the concept of Total Football and Hasselbaink reckons van Bronckhorst is implementing his own attractive version of the sport at Rangers. The Burton Albion boss has been blown away with his pal’s impact in just six months in charge at Ibrox – and insists the best is yet to come.
