Ronald Koeman insists he had a "good experience" at Barcelona.

Koeman will take charge of Holland after the World Cup.

He told Marca: "The experience was good. As a coach, you learn every day and I learned. It was a complicated period because of the situation the club was going through. I did my things and I was always honest in the decisions I made as a coach. Then another president came along and I wasn't one of his people... I don't want to criticise individuals again".

"I did things for the good of the club and nothing else. But with the change of president, the situation changed. Any coach needs the full backing of the board, without any doubts. In my case there were doubts and that's not good because it's impossible to work as a coach like that."

"There was no money. We signed De Jong at the last minute of the market. I had been in contact with him two weeks before in case there was a move and seeing that he wasn't playing much at Sevilla. First, the Messi thing happened to us, which was horrible for everyone, and then Griezmann.

"The only option was De Jong. But Luuk didn't come to play as a starter, he came to help if the team needed him or in some tight games when we needed a header. And I was criticised for that. During the time he was there he showed his quality and the public applauded him a lot for the points he won for Barça in the league".