Dutch Media Leaks Van Bronckhorst Called Ready To Train The Indonesian National Team

Giovanni van Bronckhorst is reportedly ready to lead the Indonesian national team (Instagram/@giovannivbronckhorst).

JAKARTA - The Dutch coach, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, is reportedly getting closer to filling the coaching chair of the Indonesian national team after the dismissal of Patrick Kluivert.

Van Bronckhorst is currently known to still serve as Liverpool's assistant coach under Arne Slot. However, his name is included in the ranks of candidates who participated in the interview session of the PSSI Executive Kokite team (Exco) in Europe.

News of Van Bronckhorst, who is increasingly training the Garuda Squad, spread after Dutch media, Voetbal Primeur, shared in reporting this.

"Wow! Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Arne Slot's right-hand man at Liverpool, according to various British media, is ready to become Indonesia's head coach!"

"The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) is looking for a successor to Patrick Kluivert, who is absent after the 2026 World Cup dream is wiped out. Is Van Bronckhorst the ideal candidate for the job?" wrote Dutch media Voetbal Primeur quoted Monday, December 1, 2025.

The coach, who has Maluku blood, even said that he was ready to become coach of the Garuda Squad. Because of his statement, it was even reported that Liverpool had already prepared to look for a new assistant coach if it was true that Van Bronckhorst had left him to Indonesia.

The chairman of the PSSI National Team Agency, Sumardji, some time ago during the last exercise of the U-243 Indonesian national team at the Madya Stadium, Senayan, Jakarta, said that the Exco PSSI had left for Europe and would conduct interviews with the Indonesian national team coach candidate.

A number of members of the Exco PSSI since last week left for Europe, with one goal of looking for the coach of the Indonesian national team, who is still vacant since Patrick Kluivert left.