Wesley Sneijder makes himself heard after the criticism of René van der Gijp and his wife Minouche on his new job as a football analyst in Veronica Offside. “I’m fine with it, dude.”
Minouche van der Gijp finds it impossible that Wesley Sneijder gets a job as a football analyst, while he says he is too busy to watch football matches for that. She thinks that Wilfred Genee should knock him out of Veronica Offside to exchange him for someone like Rafael van der Vaart.
Wesley responds
That spirited opinion of Minouche is supported by René. He also completely slammed Wesley’s biography. According to him, that is a ‘k*t book’: “He doesn’t want to say anything about his family, nothing about his career, nothing about trainers he’s worked with. What do you do with it? It’s a book nothing.”
What does Wesley think of it all? He was asked about it last night in the second episode of Veronica Offside, which attracted a lot less viewers than the first. “I found it [maandag] very nice. I have also had a lot of positive messages. There are also negative messages. That’s right, isn’t it?”
‘All headlines’
Wesley says he shrugs, although his body language looks a bit sour. “You can’t get around it, huh? You see it right then. Then they all become headlines. You know: it is what it is, Wilfred. It doesn’t wake me up.”
Wilfred: “Of course you also mean the Van der Gijp family, who were also somewhat critical.”
Criticism of book
The writer of Wesley’s biography, Kees Jansma, was also a guest in Veronica Offside yesterday. He does agree with René’s criticism: “I think it should have been better. That was both our fault, because we both knew each other well.”
Wesley: “I’m fine with it, dude, if someone has an opinion. I don’t care at all, but I think he also says that I don’t let go about trainers, but I think we discussed that part well and there are really a few anecdotes in it.”
Only compliments
Andy van der Meijde, next to Wesley the other regular analyst of Veronica Offside, has not received any criticism in his own words. “I’ve had nothing but compliments. Serious. “You look good, but you can’t cock,” they said. That is good, right? haha.”
“No, I’ve had really positive messages. People calling, DMs on Instagram. Very positive. I liked it too, that’s for sure.”