Former Everton boss Ronald Koeman hopes Liverpool win the Champions League final… so Holland can inherit Virgil van Dijk and Georginio Wijnaldum in positive mood ahead of Nations League clash with England
- Liverpool take on Tottenham Hotspur in Champions League final on Saturday
- Just six days later, Holland and England meet in a Nations League semi-final
- Ronald Koeman hopes Liverpool’s Dutch stars can join squad in positive moodÂ
Holland boss Ronald Koeman hopes Liverpool pair Virgil van Dijk and Georginio Wijnaldum emerge as Champions League winners on Saturday so that they join up with his squad in a positive mood for the Nations League campaign.
Liverpool face Tottenham in the Champions League final in Madrid.
Meanwhile, the Dutch take on England in the Nations League semi-final in Guimaraes, Portugal on June 6.
Ronald Koeman aims to beat England to help Holland reach the inaugural Nations League final
‘It would be rather sour if both ended up empty handed after such a formidable season and being so close to huge trophies,’ Koeman told reporters as the Dutch prepared for the Nations League with a camp in Zeist this week.
‘Van Dijk, Wijnaldum and Liverpool do not deserve that.’
Koeman had planned to take the entire Dutch squad to watch the Champions League final had Ajax qualified.
But after the Dutch club were beaten by Tottenham in the semi-finals, it was decided the national team would stay in Lagos, Portugal for the second part of their preparation.
Koeman is backing a Liverpool win in Saturday’s Champions League final so that Virgil van Dijk (left) and Georginio Wijnaldum can join up with the Dutch squad in a positive mood