Dutch national team manager Dick Advocaat spoke in his press conference after announcing his squad for the upcoming matches against Scotland and Romania.
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This week it was confirmed that Netherlands had missed out on Sofyan Amrabat, who has decided to represent Morocco. Advocaat stated that the KNVB must monitor potential players for the national team earlier.
Advocaat said, “Sofyan Amrabat has made his decision and we did everything we could to convince him to play for the Dutch national team. We spoke to him and to his agents. Sofyan Amrabat is a player who is convinced of his own qualities.
”He is the one that must make the decision not me and he chose for Morocco.
”Maybe if the Dutch national team had qualified for a major tournament it may have resulted in a different outcome. Morocco have a chance to qualify for the World Cup in Russia next summer.
”I believe that we must monitor players earlier. We have to get in touch with potential players sooner to influence their decision. But you also have to factor in that a decision a player makes in only valid when he makes his debut in the first team of that country.”
Los jugadores pueden decidir pero no se debe permitir que jugadores nacidos en Holanda y que han recibido toda la cultura y aprendisaje en este pais despues lo mansillen despues y desidan por la nacionalidad de sus padres pero mas triste aun es de los padres que ofendan al pais que los acogio y educo a sus hijos, yo veo esto de otra forma y es que esta gente no tienen patria y mucho menos honor
Deben de regular la inmigracion de esos paises africanos que al final responden con traicion y este Amarabat debio unirse a su pais mas aun cuando no clasifico para la copa del mundo y eso le pesara algun dia