Ex-Wigan Athletic and Celtic man hammered by TV pundit after Scotland shocker
Johan Boskamp, who played for Holland at the 1978 World Cup final, is equally well known in Belgium, where he played the majority of his club football.
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Hide AdHe later went on to manage Anderlecht, Genk, Standard Liege and Stoke City before retiring to become a TV analyst in both Belgium and Holland.
And his impressions of Hendry - who now plays in Saudi Arabia, following spells in Belgium for Oostende and Brugge - were far from positive.
"With Jack Hendry in the team you are always going to have a hard time at this level," Boskamp - now 75 - told Voetbalkrant. "Even at my advanced age, I could still turn faster than that guy.
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Hide Ad"Only one team has really been outplayed at the Euros... Scotland.
"The Netherlands also had a hard time with Poland, Albania also did more than decent against Italy. But how weak were Scotland in that opening match? It really wasn't normal.
"It seemed like they allowed Germany to safely win the game before half-time. Scotland are by far the weakest team I have seen at this European Championship."
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Hide AdHendry spent two years with Latics between 2015-17 after joining from Partick Thistle, although his only three appearances came in the Football League Trophy.
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