‘I don’t think Noa Lang will say no if you propose that to the Dutch’

Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:55• Yanick Vos • Last update: 10:01

Noa Lang makes a big impression for the second season in a row in the shirt of Club Brugge and Marciano Vink, Kees Kwakman and Hans Kraay junior suspect that the ex-Ajacied is close to the Dutch national team. However, Lang plays from the left wing at Club Brugge and national coach Louis van Gaal already has several options at his disposal, Kraay junior noted in the program. football talk by ESPN.

Club Brugge held Paris Saint-Germain to a 1-1 draw on Wednesday evening. Lang was named by UEFA as Man of the Match. Kraay junior saw the Dutch attacking midfielder cum winger excel against the French superpower. “Put pressure, be active, run aggressively and have self-confidence,” he described the positive aspects of Lang’s game. “It looks like someone else has been sent. He was industrious, coercive and dangerous.”

Vink sees Lang as a ‘fan of beautiful football’. “He does things all beautifully. There are no ugly goals, there is no ugly action, everything has a certain beautiful style.” The former football player pointed to a moment in the match against PSG in which Lang made a bicycle kick. “He took that bicycle kick and fell a little unhappily on his side. He stood up, not wanting to show that he was in pain. After five meters it was still very painful. But everything he does is very graceful and we love that.”

Presenter Vincent Schildkamp raised the question whether Lang deserves an invitation for the Dutch national team. Kraay junior likes that, but foresees one problem: “Everyone wants to play with their right leg on the left with the Dutch national team”, according to the analyst, who mentions Cody Gakpo and Steven Bergwijn, while Kwakman suggests the name of Arnaut Danjuma . “Noa Lang is also on the right. Louis – if it goes well I’ll just say Louis – is looking for another one who will pant Berghuis down his neck who can play on the right. And he doesn’t like to play there,” said Kraay junior.

“I think if you introduce Noa Lang: you join the Dutch national team but then you have to play from the right, he doesn’t say no,” said Vink. National coach Louis van Gaal is expected to announce his pre-selection of the Dutch national team for the coming international match in the short term. The the Dutch squad will take action at the beginning of October in the battle for World Cup qualification. The away game against Latvia is scheduled for October 8; three days later the duel with Gibraltar follows.