Luuk de Jong had a basic place in the four previous international matches of the Dutch national team. However, this will change against Poland on Wednesday evening, predicts Valentijn Driessen. The Orange watcher thinks that national coach Frank de Boer prefers Memphis Depay in the Netherlands’ striker position in the Nations League game on Polish soil.

“Luuk de Jong often does good things with the header, but against Bosnia and Herzegovina (last Sunday in the Nations League, ed.) There were no good crosses at all”, Driessen analyzes Tuesday afternoon after the Orange press conference in a video item by The Telegraph. Memphis Depay was mainly roaming and he left his mark on the match in such a way. And Steven Berghuis, yes, he also came in very often. Then there are no crosses and De Jong can of course do nothing about that. . “

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“You can actually see that Luuk de Jong is not Robert Lewandowski, who you have in Poland,” continues the football chief of the morning newspaper. “He simply does not have that level. He is not undisputed as a striker of Orange. If things go less well then De Jong is the first to be replaced. Under Ronald Koeman he was actually always a substitute and he served. De Jong has only had an excellent phase at Sevilla, including those goals in the final of the Europa League (2-3 victory over Internazionale, ed.) Then you might think as a national coach: Maybe that’s the holy grail. “

“But we have now seen it two games and that is actually not with De Jong”, said Driessen, who expects Depay to deal with other players in the vanguard of Orange. “I think Donyell Malen will play on the left side. It will be a bit of everything and I also think it is wise. Because that way you keep De Jong behind as a crowbar, should you have to force a victory. in Gorzow. “