Valentijn Driessen finds it incomprehensible that national coach Frank de Boer has not called up a replacement for the injured Donny van de Beek. The Manchester United midfielder left the the Dutch training camp this week with a persistent groin injury. Driessen previously showed in a video on the website of The Telegraph already know that he would understand it well if Devyne Rensch is still called up by De Boer and in his column he elaborates on that suggestion. “Why not select him after all?” the newspaper’s chief of football wonders.
Driessen finds it strange that after Van de Beek dropped out, De Boer did not address one of the dropouts, such as Ryan Babel, Jeremiah St. Juste, Anwar El Ghazi or Tonny Vilhena. He thinks Rensch is able to catch up with the level of the Dutch, just like his teammates at Ajax Jurriën Timber and Ryan Gravenberch do. “They seem to play in the base. At least if De Boer knows how to value their qualities,” Driessen writes. According to the journalist, Rensch is still at a high level conditionally, because he only got out of the bubble at the Young the Dutch a week ago and could therefore easily join the big the Dutch.
According to Driessen, Rensch proved last season in the Eredivisie and Europa League that he has the qualities to survive at the highest level. “With that background, it remains incomprehensible that Erwin van de Looi only saw him as a substitute in the final phase of the European Championship with the Young the Dutch and that De Boer also overlooked him for a place in the pre-selection of the Dutch,” says Driessen about the eighteen-year-old defender. Any nagging about De Boers Ajax preference should have been wrong with the national coach anyway, because the level of Erik ten Hag’s team simply stands out far above the rest. You almost automatically end up in Amsterdam for talent. “
“Rensch is of Timber level and is rated even higher internally at Ajax”, continues the football chief. According to Driessen, it speaks to Rensch’s advantage that he can play in all positions in defense, regardless of the system. “He thinks he is best at his place as a left central defender. Let De Boer now have a problem there, which Matthijs de Ligt was talking about against Scotland last week. De Boer could have made up for his mistake not to include Rensch in the pre-selection and final selection by calling on him as a replacement for Van de Beek.”
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