Antalya: The salaries of eight Socceroos assistant coaches and analysts are coming directly out of the pay packet of Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk, who is spending his own funds to help Australia progress past the group stage at the World Cup.

Van Marwijk is on a short-term contract worth a little more than $1 million to guide Australia until the end of the tournament and has dug into his own pocket to employ eight Dutch technical staff to fast-track the Socceroos' preparations.

Bert's legion: Assistant Mark van Bommel gets his message across at training. Credit:Football Federation Australia

His decision came after Football Federation Australia informed him they would remain faithful to the existing group of backroom staff who helped the Socceroos qualify for the tournament and they did not have the budget to hire a large team of new assistants.

It's not that van Marwijk did not share faith in the Australian staff but, with such a short period of time with the team before the World Cup, he needed to have his own trusted people to deliver his message, style of play and tactics as quickly as possible.