After the message came out earlier that Feyenoord left back Quilindschy Hartman recently received a call from Ronald Koeman, Lutsharel Geertruida has now also received a message from Zeist. The mandekker was personally sounded out by the national coach.
Next month, the Dutch national team will take on France (away) and Gibraltar (home). The aforementioned European Championship qualifying matches are scheduled for Friday, March 24 and Monday, March 27.
Whether Geertruida will eventually be in the pre-selection of the Dutch national team, must become clear within a few days. As a right central defender within the Dutch national team, the multifunctional defender of Feyenoord has to compete with Stefan de Vrij, Jurrien Timber, Virgil van Dijk and Matthijs de Ligt.
As a right back, there are more opportunities for Geertruida with the Orange. In that position he can compete with players such as Jeremie Frimpong, Hans Hateboer, Rick Karsdorp, Devyne Rensch, Jordan Teze and Kenny Tete. They have all recently appeared on the radar of the staff of the Dutch national team.
Feyenoord still wants to extend Geertruida’s contract, but has not yet found an agreement. So there are no developments.
It is not yet known when the pre-selection will be officially announced by the KNVB. This usually happens on Friday afternoons.
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