The Netherlands got off to a successful, albeit rocky, start to the World Cup on Monday against African Champions Senegal. The Dutch side started very slowly, and created only a few chances in the first 60 minutes of the match, while struggling to move the ball into the final third…

Louis van Gaal is a divisive figure. He likes it that way. Perhaps the most decorated manager currently in international football, the 71 year old Dutchman made his name in Amsterdam as manager of 4 time European Champions Ajax Amsterdam. In those days Ajax were only 3 time European Champions…

Manchester United have a net spend of almost 700 million euros in the transfer market over the course of the last 5 years. That is more than 100 million euros more than their next closest competitor in the Premier League. …

Jadon Sancho has not been the success at Manchester United that he was meant to be. After three years in pursuit of the London-born attacker, the former Dortmund man was meant to be the keystone in the arch that was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s attack. Instead, Cristiano Ronaldo arrived, and the…

By: Kees van Hemmen The Dutch national team has not struggled to create chances from open play to start this year’s European Championship. This is not only a departure from form under Frank de Boer, but it’s also wholly uncharacteristic of the side since their renaissance in 2018 under Ronald…

Image Credits: Eric Verhoeven By: Kees van Hemmen On Sunday I wrote about Wout Weghorst, and why he shouldn’t be replaced by Donyell Malen in the Dutch national team’s first XI. Yesterday the Dutch beat North Macedonia, and Malen played quite well in Weghorst’s place. …