England women: New boss Sarina Wiegman is a coach who tells players the truth
A little over a year ago, the impact Sarina Wiegman had on women's football in the Netherlands was clear to see in the northern French port of Le Havre.
Thousands of Dutch fans were dancing behind an orange bus en route to her team's first game in the Women's World Cup, spellbound by their triumph in the European Championship on home soil two years earlier.
A few weeks later in France, the same team reached their first World Cup final, having only qualified for their first finals in 2015.
But now, with her statue sitting alongside Johan Cruyff and Marco van Basten at the Dutch FA in Zeist, the heady journey will come to an end as Wiegman was announced as the new England boss to replace Phil Neville starting in September 2021.
By then, the 50-year-old former Dutch midfielder may have achieved yet more heroics for the Oranje Lionesses after taking them to the Tokyo Olympics.
There is no doubt she has the track record to try and take England, semi-finalists in their last three tournaments, to the next step.
Described as a coach who will "tell players the truth", her combination of honesty and tactical expertise could be the perfect blend ahead of England's own home Euros in 2022.
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