Brentford goalkeeper Mark Flekken appears to have missed his big chance to establish himself with the Netherlands, at least according to journalist Valentijn Driessen.
He’s been discussing the goalkeeper situation for the Netherlands this week, with Flekken one of several players currently competing to be number one under Ronald Koeman.
The Brentford goalkeeper appeared to have won the battle against the likes of Brighton’s Bart Verbruggen when he was handed the starting role for the last international break.
That saw him handed starts in the 3-0 win against Greece and then the 2-1 win over Ireland, but he failed to really impress in either game.
The latter in particular saw him look shaky throughout the game, with one mistake leading to the corner which resulted in Ireland’s goal.
That means debate continues to rage about who should be the Netherlands number one moving forwards, with a growing belief that Koeman may go with someone else and drop the Brentford number one.
Driessen certainly thinks so, criticising the goalkeeper in his latest comments on the matter ahead of the next international break.
“He looked unsure for ninety minutes and blundered by playing in Frenkie de Jong under pressure. His loss of ball led to a corner kick from which the Irish scored,” he said.
