Henk ten Cate is open to a move to PSV after “wrong perceptions”

How come football-loving Netherlands has for several years now essentially had enough of Memphis Depay? And even the vast majority of PSV fans can by no means be called fans of Memphis anymore.

The reasons for that are generally fairly obvious. Let’s, however, keep it to his footballing qualities. It doesn’t come out enough; Memphis is injured too often, but he also rarely, if ever, shows in his attitude that he really wants or is able to make the difference. Often, Memphis plays in a way as if he keeps wanting to show, again and again, “look at me, look at me—am I a special footballer.”

At the European Championship in Germany, the former PSV player lost the ball throughout the tournament, but he simply stayed put, as Ronald Koeman. Seasoned veteran and experienced Henk ten Cate can well imagine it all, because Ten Cate still seems to be a fan of Memphis. Ten Cate therefore does not think that the new national team coach needs to sweep through the Oranje squad. The former coach believes that a seasoned pro like Memphis Depay is being dismissed too easily and is getting too much criticism.

'I can't see why you should start replacing players now. Absolutely not. This is simply a perfectly good group of players', Ten Cate says in a round of questions for VI. 'After a disappointing tournament, there's no need to immediately sweep things through with the broom. That's easy talk, from a distance. Cristiano Ronaldo is no longer the Cristiano from ten years ago. But he is still important for Portugal.'

'Messi is the same story with Argentina. We have to be careful not to write people off as quickly. Just call me better players than the guys who were in the Netherlands squad at this World Cup. I still don’t see any better center back than Van Dijk.'

Ten Cate also thinks that all-time top scorer Memphis could still play a role in Oranje. 'We haven't seen much of Memphis in this tournament, but with his 32 years, he should still be able to keep going for a bit. Though I wonder whether he actually gets much better from the Brazilian league.'

'When Memphis comes back to the Netherlands to play football again, he may pick up his old level once more. The level at which he meant an enormous amount to Oranje. Maybe that's an idea for him. He is one of the experienced players who is too easily dismissed. That's what I take issue with,' Ten Cate said, which seems to refer to a transfer to PSV.

Meanwhile, Hugo Borst is indeed finished with the Netherlands national team and the players of the Netherlands national team. From a special statistic that has been made public, it appears that the player of the Netherlands national team has covered the fewest meters at the recent World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Hugo Borst therefore goes in hard in the video below.