Beenhakker would turn down England

Koen Freriks

13 juni 2006, 15:33

Leo Beenhakker claims he would not want to be manager of England "in a million years". He said: "Scrutiny is part of the job. It's weird but part of the job. You know it when you sign a contract. And Eriksson has done a great job. Every job has responsibilities.

"But I am like Scolari. Ninety per cent of my life is football and the rest is private so I wouldn't be interested in the job.

"I know Sven well. He's one of top coaches in football and he's shown it. I have a lot of respect for him.

"You see teams grow in the tournament. We haven't seen a brilliant match from any of them so far.

"But I think England are one of the teams who will grow in this tournament."