Frenkie de Jong does not want to answer questions that come from Hélène Hendriks. The reason is that she is associated with the Today Inside program. “It’s just pathetic.”
Frenkie de Jong and national coach Louis van Gaal gave a press conference yesterday in the run-up to the practice matches with Denmark and Germany. Hélène Hendriks was also present. However, anyone who works for the men of VI is not allowed to ask anything from the players of Orange, because Johan Derksen said something about Akwasi two years ago.
“Explain it!”
Hélène yesterday at the table at Today Inside: “That boycott still stands. It still stands. I found that out today. I didn’t ask Frenkie a question at all, I asked Louis a question and that went wrong for a while.”
Then the images of the press conference are started. Hélène to Louis: “Frenkie just said: ‘We have taken steps. What steps are those then?’”
Louis: “Well, Frenkie can explain that too.”
Hélène laughing: “Well that’s good, Frenkie, explain it.”
Frenkie refuses
Frenkie then keeps his jaws tight. Press chief Bas Ticheler: “I don’t think those are quite the agreements, sorry.”
Hélène: “That’s right, Louis, because Today Inside – we have a new name – is not allowed to speak to the players, so that’s why I’m asking you.”
Louis: “Okay. If I may still answer…”
He then answered again.
Uncomfortable
It remains strange, thinks Hélène. “Obviously it’s an uncomfortable situation.”
Wilfred: “Don’t you like to go on a little more?”
Hélène: “No, that makes no sense at all. I think Bas is a very nice man, but of course he could have prevented this if you just let this go. Then Frenkie would have answered and nothing was wrong. Now, of course, everyone is talking about it again.”
René van der Gijp about Frenkie: “He also embarrassed himself a bit, didn’t he? You saw that.”
Johan Derksen: “If he sucks, he’ll say to the KNVB: ‘What nonsense is this, guys? Do you remember what it was about?’ Grow up for once. Nor is it a man who slams his fist on the table. He’s sitting there in a tracksuit.”
‘It is pathetic’
Wilfred: “What is it all about? Adult people!”
René: “Even in a time when things are really about something. This is so insignificant that it is almost pathetic. There are three million people on the run, who lie with 600 in a classroom and Crazy Henkie is going to say: ‘Today Inside is not allowed to be talked to.’ Just do it, dude.”
Johan: “It also originated under false pretenses. I then said something about Akwasi. Wijnaldum and that other string bean, Van Dijk, were pissed off about that, but they weren’t pissed about it at all, but of course we sometimes criticize the gentlemen here and they hate us very much. They think, hey, now we have a reason to say they’re not talking to us.”
René: “Those three, those Memphis, Van Dijk and Wijnaldum, are very bad at taking criticism. They were happy and thought: finally a stick to beat with.”
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