Vincent Janssen confirms that he is almost finished with FC Antwerp | Football

sport">Earlier on Tuesday, De Telegraaf reported that he is emphatically associated with the Belgian club of technical director Marc Overmars and the new trainer Mark van Bommel.

sport">“Yes, I have been contacted. I said what I wanted to say. I think the goal for both sides is to reach an agreement and hopefully that will be sorted out in the coming days,” said Janssen.

Janssen gets a big seven from Van Gaal after returning to Orange

sport">Janssen was quite satisfied with his return after almost five years in the Dutch national team. “I think I’ve done well,” said the striker after the Nations League victory over Wales (3-2). “I was involved in the 1-0 and 2-0 and also tried to be the point of reference that the national coach is looking for.”

sport">The 27-year-old striker was curious what Louis van Gaal thought about his performance, he said in the catacombs of De Kuip. No sooner had he said his words than the national coach came over and put a hand on his shoulder. “You get a big seven from me,” said Van Gaal. “And you would have had a higher point if you had also scored. You got two chances. But you did a lot of things right.”

sport">Van Gaal will probably be allowed to bring 26 players to the World Cup in Qatar. He is very satisfied with his strikers Memphis Depay and Steven Bergwijn. With Wout Weghorst or Luuk de Jong, he can still force something in the final phase. He sees Janssen as a different type of center forward. “He is a point of reference that I may need when we switch to a three-striker system. But that doesn’t mean he will go to the World Cup. We also have Brian Brobbey,” said the national coach.

sport">Janssen was surprised about the invitation to the Orange squad. “I hadn’t really taken it into account,” acknowledged the attacker, who has been playing for Monterrey in Mexico for three years. Janssen still played football for Tottenham Hotspur when he was last selected for the national team in 2017. The London club paid more than 20 million euros for him to AZ a year earlier, but he never broke through in London. The striker was also loaned to Fenerbahçe.

sport">“In 2017 we had a completely different Netherlands team”, he referred to a group of players who failed to qualify for the 2016 European Championship and 2018 World Cup. “I have noticed in the past week that the level is now a lot higher,” said the striker, who was later allowed to report to the Orange. “I didn’t want to cancel my wedding last week. We have postponed the honeymoon, but that will come.”

—