V/d Vaart: ‘I’m a huge fan. Crazy, but he is the most dangerous man in Orange’
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 7:09 PM
Rafael van der Vaart is a huge fan of Denzel Dumfries, he said on Tuesday evening prior to the Champions League match between Internazionale and RB Salzburg. According to the analyst, the wingback no longer suffers from ‘hard feet’ and he states that Ronald Koeman even has to adjust the Dutch system because of Dumfries’ qualities. The right back, just like Stefan de Vrij, will get a starting spot in the meeting in the billion dollar ball.
“I am a huge fan of Denzel Dumfries,” said Van der Vaart in the Ziggo Sport studio in the preview on the Champions League evening. “Why am I a huge fan? Well, in the beginning I saw him playing football and I thought: this is going to be nothing. A lot of people must have thought that.”
“But his energy, his positivity! He keeps going and he keeps pushing. He is just getting better and better and he is involved in everything. That is of course also due to the confidence he has now. I really think he is a wonderful player. “
“His crosses have also become much better due to the confidence he now has,” Van der Vaart continues. “He feels appreciated by everyone. In the beginning, of course, it was always about his ‘hard feet’, but that hardly bothers him anymore.”
The 109-time international even states that Koeman is forced to completely adapt his plans to ‘the most dangerous man’ at the Dutch team. “He is really an ideal back, especially in a 5-3-2 system. That is actually the crazy thing about the Dutch national team: we have to adapt the system to him. After all, he is our most dangerous man at the Dutch team. It is crazy. that actually.”
De Vrij, who has to alternate a reserve role with a starting spot even more often than his Dutch teammate, is also in the starting line-up against RB Salzburg. “I think it is understandable that he commutes between the bench and the base. He is a good player, but I always wonder whether he is really that good.”
“You always have that discussion: De Ligt or De Vrij… But then I think De Ligt is slightly better in everything,” Van der Vaart concludes. “Yet you cannot say that De Vrij has done poorly, because he is simply a reliable defender.”
2023-10-24 18:00:00
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