Arno Vermeulen has been very critical of Wout Weghorst on Sunday evening. The VfL Wolfsburg striker was once again discredited in Germany after not rectifying his previous skeptical statements about the seriousness of the coronavirus when he was a guest on the program aktuellen sports studio from ZDF. Vermeulen enters Studio Football that he finds Weghorst’s statements ‘extremely reprehensible’ and that he understands if Frank de Boer would rather not have this ‘hassle’ with the Dutch.
“I have absolutely nothing to do with those ‘covid weakeners’, but he is one of them”, Vermeulen answers the Weghorst issue. “I find it extremely reprehensible what he says there. I also understand the presenter who goes on about it for a while, after which you can indeed see that Weghorst is making a retreating movement. You can also see that Weghorst makes no apologies for his comments, but is shocked by the reactions. ” The striker told presenter Jochen Breyer on the German channel, among other things, that it is important for him that everyone makes a decision about the vaccination for themselves and that he will not take back his words from December.
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In December, Weghorst shared a text via Instagram in which the virus was downplayed. He also shared a photo promoting a documentary in which vaccinations are called ‘poison’. Weghorst’s Instagram Stories were quickly removed. “Imagine there is a vaccine that is so safe that you have to be forced to take it, for a disease so deadly that you have to get tested first to find out if you have it,” the report said. text accompanying Weghorst’s Instagram post in December. “THIS !!! People, inquire,” the attacker wrote. After a wave of criticism, the Dutchman did not rectify his words and only apologized “for the reactions he had received from people,” not for the content itself.
Vermeulen thinks there is even a chance that Weghorst will throw in his own glasses with a view to his international career. “He also says in the interview that he would like to join the Dutch national team and that it is a pity that Frank de Boer does not select him. Ultimately, this does not help. Of course he can choose not to have himself or his children vaccinated, because you obviously have that right and no one will argue about it. But it still gives hassle. Soon at Oranje you will receive comments and questions about the position he occupies with regard to the virus. I mean: go and have a look at intensive care in the Netherlands, where it is packed. ”
Wout Weghorst under fire after a performance on German television
Wout Weghorst gave a high-profile interview on German TV on Saturday.
“As a national coach, why would you take hassle with you if he is not a basic player after all?” to put. “Qualitatively speaking, those were not players that you would take to the European Championship, but he took them with you because they would not be a problem. Stanley Menzo stayed at home because Hans van Breukelen would otherwise get nervous. The Ajax players wanted to play football with Menzo. As a national coach you have to think about that. ”
Pierre van Hooijdonk did not agree with the words of his colleague. “I believe that such matters will remain separate. I think you’ve also talked about Steven Berghuis, who would have a dangerous edge but in the end was simply taken along by the national coach. ” Vermeulen thinks this is a different situation. “Weghorst is normally not with the Dutch national team, but you can take him with you because he is doing fine in the Bundesliga. Then you, as a coach, start to ask yourself what you can do with him: these statements are a disadvantage after all. ” On Monday, Weghorst must come for an interview to explain himself further to the technical director of Wolfsburg, Jörg Schmadtke.