If it is up to Bert van Marwijk, Davy Klaassen will get a basic place with the Dutch national team. The former national coach thinks that the the Dutch can go far at the World Cup in Qatar and sees Klaassen as the ideal attacking midfielder in Louis van Gaal’s 1-5-3-2 system. Cody Gakpo, responsible for the 1-0 against Senegal, would then be the child of the bill.
“The Dutch national team normally has a selection with which you can win the tournament. We have players at Liverpool, Manchester City, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Internazionale. That is the absolute top,” Van Marwijk said to Football International. The former national coach thinks he knows what the key to success is for the the Dutch. “The triangle of the two strikers with the number ten is very important.”
Van Marwijk thinks that Van Gaal should look at a player who clicks with Memphis Depay, as the striker had with Georginio Wijnaldum. “If Depay is going to play, you have to look at who fits best. I think that Steven Bergwijn has something more from the side that also with Depay. Then you have to look for a good number ten. A runner coming over. Klaassen could do that.”
In Van Marwijk’s view, this would mean that Gakpo, still accurate against Senegal, will disappear from the base. “I understand Louis’s point of view. Gakpo is a player who can play deep, I wonder if he often does that without the ball. I prefer to see him from the left and on the ball. But sometimes it happens that something doesn’t fit while it is potentially one of your best players,” says Van Marwijk. often hits. If Berghuis can give the balls to the deep people in the front from the middle, I think you have something that fits well together. I think Louis is looking for good combinations.”