Wim Kieft, Digi Mart USA News: Former striker Wim Kieft is convinced that Wout Weghorst should be called up again to the Netherlands national team. The analyst and former PSV and Ajax forward believes that coach Xavi’s squad has no real pinch-hitter, a role the FC Twente striker often filled for Oranje in recent years.
“We have no one now to play the high balls to when we are 2-1 down,” Kieft said on the podcast KieftJansenEgmondGijp about Weghorst. “Maybe he would have been called up earlier for a major tournament.”
René van der Gijp partly agrees with Kieft and also feels Weghorst can be very useful in certain situations. “We could use him better when we play against truly weaker opponents who all stay back defensively.
That could work well at a major tournament, for example in the group stage.”
“It would of course be the crowning achievement for Woutje,” Kieft concluded his argument about the 34-year-old FC Twente striker, who has earned 54 caps. “He would first score the penalty against Ajax and then return to Oranje.”
