I expect Brands realises that the Dutch Eredivisie in general these days is very weak, and that players from there often fail miserably. There’s been some absolutely outstanding Dutch players come to England over the years...firstly when Arnold Muhren and Fran’s Thyssen came to Ipswich and later the likes of Martin Jol, Marc Overmars, Ruud Gullitt, Japan Stam, Edwin van der Sar, Robin van Persie, Ruud Nistelrooy and the greatest of them all Denis Bergkamp. We’ve had a few chumps....Andy Van der Meyde, Royston Drenthe and Davy Klassen (Johnny Heitinga was pretty decent). But take a look at what Dutch payers have graced our shores in the latter years.....Donny van der Beek, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Siem and Luke de Jong, Marco Boogers, Patrick van Aarnholt, El Ghazi at Villa, Riedewald at Palace....the classic Dutch footballer doesn’t seem to exist these days unfortunately. I think Marcel knows this.
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