Mark van Bommel will almost certainly continue his coaching career at FC Antwerp. There would be a two-year contract ready for him.
Both De Gazet van Antwerpen and De Telegraaf report this on Saturday morning.
Challenge
An enormous challenge awaits the 45-year-old coach in the Belgian port city. The ambitious owner Paul Gheysens wants nothing more than a serious attack on the established order and national champion Club Brugge. Something current coach Brian Priske has failed to do. The Dane did make it to European football, but was unable to take the team any further.
The Netherlands
Real estate magnate Gheysens would go completely on the Dutch tour with the arrival of Mark van Bommel. It was previously announced that Andries Ulderink is making the switch from FC Twente as assistant coach. The link is in the presence of Marc Overmars, as technical director of the club. Overmars was sent away from Ajax last season after accusations of transgressive behavior towards female employees of the club.
overmarch
Van Bommel and Overmars played together for years in the Dutch national team. In 2013, the technical boss was also one of the celebrities who came into action for the All Star Team during Mark van Bommel’s farewell match.
Sleeping Giant
After his debut as head coach at PSV in the summer of 2018 and after a very strong start in Eindhoven, Van Bommel had to leave the field there in December 2019. In the summer of 2021, Mark van Bommel became the trainer of the German Vfl Wolfsburg, from which he was fired in October last year. After that, it remained quiet for a long time around the ambitious coach, who has also been associated with Racing Genk and Club Brugge in recent times. The ‘sleeping giant’ FC Antwerp now seems to be his next stop in his coaching career.