“He is back,” writes the Brazilian superpower on social media with moving images of the striker on the training field. The Oranje-International can be followed for more than a minute during the Tuesday training of the club.

The 31-year-old Depay may be fit on time for the upcoming duels of the Dutch national team with Poland (4 September) and Lithuania (September 7) in the qualifying tournament for next year’s World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. National coach Ronald Koeman announces his selection for both international matches on Friday afternoon.

Fight with Robin van Persie

Depay scored his fiftieth goal for Orange against Malta on 10 June. He is now at the same level as Robin van Persie, who scored his fiftieth and last goal for the Dutch national team twelve years ago. Depay needs one more goal to become the top scorer of all time of Orange. Now he still shares that honorary title with Van Persie.

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