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PSV Goalie wants to become Dutch!

March 20th, 2008 | By: Jan | 14 Comments »

Gomez, the heroic PSV goalie, is totally disappointed with his role as an extra for the Brazilian team and has declared that he wants to become a Dutch player! Although he did play almost a dozen games for Brazil and is thus formally not qualified to play for Oranje anymore, the focused goalie wants to give it a go. “Brazil doesn’t need me, apparently. I see Holland as my second home country and I’d love to help Oranje win the WC in 2010. I know it will be hard, but even if there’s only a theoretical chance I want to go for it. Maybe I can get dispensation.”

The immensely popular PSV player, 28 years old, is eager to commit to the conditions of becoming a Dutch player and stated that this is not an emotional outburst. “I thought about this for a long time and discussed it with my family and management. If the Dutch team manager wants me, which ultimately is the question, I am there for Oranje!”

Of course, Edwin van der Sar has voiced his intentions to quit after this EC.

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By Genio | March 21st, 2008 at 6:35 am

I wonder if Gomes speaks Dutch..?

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By simon | March 21st, 2008 at 6:51 am

He definitely does. He’s been here for four years and seems to be something of a gecko, adapting quickly and without a trace of his past. But he’s not going to play for Holland. FIFA has been very, very harsh on that for the last couple of years; if you’re capped, you’re never in your life going to play for another country. Forget it. The only way they make exceptions is if a country split, like Vucinic played for Serbia & Montenegro earlier, now for Montenegro, or perhaps if you find about some hidden heritage after being capped only one or two times.

By goose | March 21st, 2008 at 6:58 am

@Simon; he does NOT! his interviews are always in portugees

im very surprised about this comment by Gomes… think hes a very good goalie but he isnt dutch and we have plenty of good, talented young dutch goalies…. feel the same about deGuzman, no need for him (altough i do think hes 1/2 dutch by now)

he should wait for his change in the brasil team

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By simon | March 21st, 2008 at 7:34 am

Whaaaat?! Ive always had the picture that he speaks fluent Dutch, since he seem so adapted and “at home”. Thats wierd, the Brazilians in Sweden always learn Swedish after 1-2 years. But yeah, now when you say it, I guess there arent really a need in PSV to speak Dutch since they got more Brazilians than Dutchmen, kind of. But well as I said anyway, he’s already been capped ten times for Brazil and no way FIFA will let him play for Holland.

By Mario Rosado (Dutch admirer) | March 21st, 2008 at 2:56 pm

We have Waterman and Stekelenburg, why do we need him?

By simon | March 21st, 2008 at 3:28 pm

And Velthuizen, who got selected today. True, I think Gomes is a bit better than both Waterman and Stekelenburg but the difference isnt big enough to compensate for the two years that differ to Stekelenburg and the language barrier.

By dirk v.d berg | March 21st, 2008 at 3:55 pm

Can Gomes play for the Dutch National Team, if he has already played for the Brazilian national team?

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By simon | March 21st, 2008 at 4:16 pm

Not according to the rules, but he might be able to get dispension - at least thats whats he’s going try to get, but I cant see it happen.

By Jan | March 21st, 2008 at 6:01 pm

Imagine what this happy announcement of Gomez did to Stekelenburg…
Waking up, finding the morning newspaper and that article. What?

And that: “I want to make Oranje World Champion in 2010″….

Should the KNVB try to help him with this and fail, I don’t think you’ll have a very motivated Stekelenburg left…

Nah, Gomez says he discussed this with management and family, well…those were lousy discussions then, they all should have said: big guy, forget it! Won’t work. Go to an EPL big league club and earn the spot in the Brazilian team.

Oh, and…shut up

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By dirk v.d berg | March 21st, 2008 at 10:42 pm

He definitly has the quality to be goalie at a top club, and for Brazil. Man City said they were trying to make a big signing, maybe they’re talking about him. He should try to go to Valencia though, because Koeman got rid of Canizares, and they’re new goalie’s not up to scruff. Stekelenburg/Waterman will definitly be keeper during 2010 qualifying, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see them split the task, until we have a conclusive one.

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By Kervin | March 22nd, 2008 at 1:13 am

I’m against it because perhaps it’s not good that european countries “steal” players from other countries just because they play in their league. (Viera, Seedorf, Eduardo among others) This should apply to all players, not just Gomez.

And in case it happens, for Stekelenburg it’s just some more competition for a place in the starting line-up, and the best wins the place and in case one gets an injury, the other one can play. (the team is better) Football is a competition game, you can’t just lose motivation because of competition.

By simon | March 22nd, 2008 at 3:15 pm

Well… Kervin.. in the cases you mentioned, all of the players moved to their country when they were little kids, except Eduardo who was 15. So they all had non-footballing reasons to move to their new countries. The Gomes-case is a lot different since he moved to Holland when he was 24 or something, just in order to play football at a higher level and get more paid.

By Kervin | March 23rd, 2008 at 8:22 am

@ Simon, yeah you are perhaps right. But it remains the country they were born. It such a pleasure when you see Drogba who left HIS country to france when he was 5 but still play for ivory coast. But Gomez already played for brazil? if so he can’t play for netherlands!! No dispension!

By finnster01 | March 23rd, 2008 at 4:47 pm

Simon is absolutely right that FIFA will never give dispension in a case like this. Especially not for someone with 10 caps or so with Brazil.

There is this case just now that was turned down involving a player (forget his name, nothing great or I would have remembered) who by birth has the right to play for both Scotland and England. He wanted to play for Scotland (now I remember, he plays for Barnsley, he is the captain) but because he played once(!!!) for the Under 17 or 19’s of (!!!!) England in the Toulouse tournament, which is on the FIFA calendar hence sanctioned by FIFA and therfore recognised. In addition he failed to indicate that he had a wish to play for before the other country befire he turned 21 (which he now is beyond), they turned the appeals down and there is no way he’ll play for Scotland.

Gomes has no chance, no matter what he says, so he should better shut up so that the rest of the keepers can develop in peace and quiet.

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