Particularly strange that aversion to Oranje, because in November 2019 he chose his full consciousness for the Dutch national team, then with the same national coach as now: Ronald Koeman.
They even posed together, Ihattaren in the shirt of Orange. His arguments were at the time his bond with the Netherlands, the preference of his now deceased father to choose the Orange and the convincing role of Koeman.
Five years later, Ihattaren shaken the cards very differently. He likes to praise himself in a victim role and says that racism is responsible for never wanting to play for the Netherlands again. ‘The time that it went less was the whole of the Netherlands against me. Then you will be seen as a Moroccan. If all goes well, then you are one of them. That’s how I experienced it. “
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Nobody will be awake from Ihattarens decides not to want to play for the Orange. But playing the racism card is indigestible. This serious accusation does not do justice to reality. If you make flashy mistakes, you call criticism about you, but nowhere has the Moroccan map played. Ihattaren must look especially in the mirror about what happened to him in recent years and especially not pointing to others.
It was he who made a mess of his (football) life and took the wrong turns. While he had a great future for him. As a 16-year-old he was one of the largest football talents in Europe. After PSV things went wrong and Ihattaren made a failed football trip along Young Ajax, Juventus, Sampdoria, Ajax, SamsunSpor and Slavia Prague before RKC offered him a last chance to become a professional football player again last year.
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Private there were threats from the criminal circuit, his car was set on fire, abused his ex-partner, followed a conviction for abuse and an attempted provocation of threats and had to sell his house.
Mo Ihattaren has it back on track
Fortunately, Ihattaren finally managed to get his private and football life back on track. With the help of an entire team compiled by his agent José Fortes Rodriguez. Among others, there was a role for psychologist Bram Bakker, who predicted that Ihattaren was doing so well that he would be with Orange within six months ago.
Nothing has come to that sporting, while Ihattaren also wants nothing to do with the Dutch national team. Yet Ihattaren picked up his football life and even earned a transfer to Fortuna Sittard this summer.
Returning to his statement about Orange and the racism card, it is not only a weakness, but also a knife in the back of those who have tried to protect him from his missteps. And helped when he was deeply in trouble. That has been quite a few people.
Mohamed Ihattaren © ANP/HH
Not only because of his exceptional football talent, but also because they found him a nice, uninhibited, sometimes brash guy. He had the gun factor and that was reinforced by the family drama with the death of his father.
Once ashore, for example, someone like Gerald Vanenburg was ready to help him stand as a person and as a football player. Literally day and night the former international and European champion took care of Ihattaren. Yet Ihattaren also abandoned him. This spring, national coach Michael traveler from the Dutch Juniors in informed Ihattarens any availability for European Championships. Sporty could not be selling a selection.
And now explain that the love you have experienced in Morocco from the people there and of the Moroccans in the Netherlands is very different. While Danny Buijs at Fortuna Sittard has opened the door wide for you. What IHTTAREN is screening is unbelievable and damaging talk of an adolescent who is still not mature.