RUUD GULLIT will join Holland’s coaching team for their World Cup qualifying campaign.
The 66-cap international has been working as a TV pundit following ill-fated spells with Chelsea, Feyenoord and Newcastle.
And after Dick Advocaat quit to join Turkish giants Fenerbahce, boss Danny Blind moved to bring Gullit, 53, on board until after the 2018 World Cup.
He said: “Blind asked me if I was interested and gave me the feeling that I can add value to the staff and the team.
“Blind will give me a free role on both the training field and bench to add my ideas. But practically it has to be for the best of the team. At the end of the day the ultimate responsibility for the team rests with the head coach.”
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Holland – 26th in the Fifa rankings after a dreadful run of form – are in group A of their qualifying group with a record 13 spots available to European teams in Russia.
They will face beaten Euro 2016 finalists France, as well as Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus and Luxembourg.
Their first clash will be a trip to Solna to face the Swedes on September 6 before they host Belarus and France.
Blind is under huge pressure to deliver after struggling since replacing Louis van Gaal, who earned huge plaudits for reaching the semi-finals of the last World Cup in Brazil.
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