Friday, March 18, 2022 at 10:27 PM• Rian Rosendaal • Last update: 22:54

Johan Derksen does not seem to be very impressed by the goalkeepers who were definitively selected on Friday by national coach Louis van Gaal for the upcoming friendly matches against Denmark (March 26) and Germany (March 29). In his own words, the analyst cannot really judge Mark Flek and he is not very enthusiastic about Tim Krul’s performance at last in Norwich City. In any case, Derksen cannot imagine that Van Gaal will choose Joël Drommel as first choice in the run-up to the World Cup

“We can’t appear at a World Cup with that PSV keeper, can we?” says Derksen on Friday evening Today Inside at the item about the goalkeepers of the Dutch. “No, but in principle Justin Bijlow will be better by then and maybe just injured again, you never know with Bijlow”, presenter Wilfred Genee raises. “And we also have our own Jasper Cillessen at Valencia.” The name of Remko Pasveer is also reviewed, with Hélène Hendriks who thinks the Ajax goalkeeper is 32 years old. Derksen immediately gets over it with a comment. “No, Pasveer is much older (38 years, ed.). He might be in a retirement home like the World Cup.”

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Van Gaal’s somewhat surprising call for Jordan Teze is also discussed in the talk show. Derksen gives the center defender of PSV the benefit of the doubt for the time being. “If Van Gaal Teze finds a good central defender with constructive qualities, well then he should take him. To be honest I didn’t pay particular attention to Teze (against FC Copenhagen, ed.). It’s such a co-player at PSV when you go to is looking forward to such a match”, Derksen admits that he does not think Teze immediately stands out in the PSV team.

Derksen then indicates that he thinks it is a shame that Ryan Gravenberch is not in the picture with the big the Dutch for the time being. “I think Gravenberch finds it a personal insult”, Derksen refers to the fact that the Ajax midfielder has to settle for a place in the selection of the Dutch Juniors. Genee thinks that Van Gaal wants to stimulate Gravenberch, but Derksen does not believe in that. “I think that’s such an amateur psychology, I don’t like that at all. That is just manipulating people”, is the clear judgment about the passing of Gravenberch to the Dutch national team.

Johan Derksen does not think that Joël Drommel should go to the World Cup as the first goalkeeper of the Dutch.