Former Dutch football player and manager Andries Jonker says FC Volendam midfielder Gibson Yah will be a senior international for the Dutch team in the nearest future after his breakthrough year in the top division, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Yah has been one of the most talked about players in the league with his eye catching performances for the newly promoted side, and it had led to talks of moving to a big club in the summer and Jonker agrees.
Jonker says he thinks Yah is “really fantastic.” “It seems like the top clubs are searching en masse for a number six. They always have to be found abroad. But there’s another one at Telstar who makes me think, ‘Wow, what a player,’ Tyrone Owusu,” Jonker begins his story.
“I’m not someone who decides someone should be in the Dutch national team after two or three matches, but those are players, Owusu and Yah… Just follow them for six months. If you maintain this level, they won’t be playing for Volendam for that long. I think the top Dutch clubs could really look into that. It’s great that these kinds of players are rising to the top and that they’re given a platform in the Eredivisie to develop themselves.”
Eligible for Nigeria through his parents, we can exclusively reveal that talks have been held about playing for the senior national team of Nigeria with representative of head coach Eric Chelle, but the player presently doesn’t have a Nigerian passport.
While some sources say he is seriously considering Nigeria, a representative of his agency said the 24 year old hasn’t made a commitment to his international future yet.
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