“I think the person I learnt the most from as a coach was Cruyff because he was a…” — Marco van Basten

As a player, you play and you have much more influence. As a manager, you talk about the game all week with every player and all of a sudden when it starts, your influence is so small and it was very difficult for me to accept that.

It is a contact sport. Being tough is also part of the game.

When you get older and more open and more honest, it is easier to show yourself how you really are.

Maybe an orange card could be shown that sees a player go out of the game for 10 minutes for incidents that are not heavy enough for a red card.