Right-back to the future

£30M FRIMPONG WILL BE TO STEP STRAIGHT INTO TAA HAS VACATED

- Simon Mullock

Ronald Koeman after the tournament in Qatar.

Frimpong recalled: “Louis van Gaal told me that I had to have patience, but that I would absolutely make it.

“I remember when I was on the training pitch at Bayer Leverkusen and I heard that the Dutch squad for the World Cup in Qatar had been announced.

“I got back in the dressing room at Leverkusen and I saw that my phone had exploded with messages.

“I was invited to join the WhatsApp group of the national team. Louis had added a video to announce all the names of the players he wanted in the Dutch squad for the World Cup.