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Irish Sunday Mirror
|May 18, 2025
£30M FRIMPONG WILL BE TO STEP STRAIGHT INTO TAA HAS VACATED
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.
This story is from the May 18, 2025 edition of Irish Sunday Mirror.
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