Dutch national team on report: ‘I would put him next to Virgil van Dijk at the World Cup’

Ernie Brandts played the entire World Cup as a central defender in 1978, where the Dutch team reached the final. In Argentina he was the ruthless forward stopper next to a footballing free defender. That is why he sees opportunities for Jan Paul van Hecke as a starting player alongside Virgil van Dijk this summer. Read the entire player report of the former international who analyzed the Dutch national team in the Johan Cruijff ArenA here.

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