Van Lingen's salary under negotiation

Van Lingen's salary under negotiation

JAKARTA (JP): The All-Indonesian Football Association is still
negotiating with Bert van Lingen the salary he will earn as the
association's new technical director, said the association's
secretary-general Nugraha Besoes in Bandung on Saturday.

The association agreed to pick van Lingen of the Netherlands
after he presented his program ideas in Jakarta last month. He
will be assisted by Arno Pijpers.

"We're still negotiating the salary," Nugraha said.

Van Lingen, who is still assisting the Netherlands' national
team coach Guus Hiddink, is asking for an annual salary of Rp 450
million (US$196,000).

"I think the amount we're offering is good enough," Nugraha
said, declining to say how much the association is willing to
pay.

Nirwan Bakrie, the association's technical team head, said on
Thursday that van Lingen, the former assistant to Dutch national
team coaches Rinus Mitchel and Dick Advocaat, is likely to get
400,000 guilders (US$190,000) a year, double the salary of
Pijpers.

Earlier on Thursday, the Dutch duo signed a consulting deal
with the association.

Van Lingen beat out Romano Matte of Italy and Burkhard Pape of
Germany for the position.

Pijpers was once a coach for PSV Eindhoven junior and
Feyenoord junior, two top Dutch clubs.

Meanwhile, Nugraha said that Bima Sakti -- a former player on
the national team Primavera who was picked up by Swedish team
Helsinborg -- has officially signed a contract to play for the
first division club in Sweden.

"When Bima left Primavera and went to Helsinborg, he did not
sign a contract and was Primavera's responsibility until last
month," he said.

"On April 12, Catherine Mithielli, Bima's manager in Europe,
announced that the former Primavera captain received the salary
mentioned in his contract," said Nugraha.

Nugraha's statement was issued to clarify the status of
Indonesia's booters playing abroad. (05)