‘Marco van Basten to coach Heerenveen’

Former Dutch international Marco van Basten is about to be named new coach of FC Heerenveen, the Leeuwarder Courant newspaper reports on Monday.


Van Basten will replace Ron Jans whose contract expires at the end of this season, the paper says.
Heerenveen are currently third in the premier league and in the semi-finals of the Dutch Cup.
Van Basten was trainer at Amsterdam club Ajax until 2009 and the Heerenveen job will be his first as a coach in three years, the Telegraaf reports.

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