The Dutchman, who took the Netherlands to the 2010 World Cup final, had been one of the leading foreign candidates to take on the coaching stint.

The Soccer World Cup, it has been suggested, has seen the triumph of the collective over the individual.

Before his team eliminated Brazil from the World Cup Bert van Marwijk promised us that total football was dead — and he was right.

Both Holland and Brazil will be entering Friday’s World Cup quarterfinals Port Elizabeth like fading beauty queens.

In the build-up to the World Cup quarterfinals, dutch legend Roy Makaay gives his impressions of the tournament so far and who will lift the trophy.

Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk has told his team to buckle down in their second round World Cup match against a Slovakian side he said lacked "stars".