Over the summer the Dutch have seen a number of their stars, past and present, shuffle around a little with Stam and Davids returning to Ajax and van Nistelrooy going off Madrid. One always hopes that they find success wherever they go and at least Ruud has had a good start to his new [...]

After a long and drawn out process Ruud van Nistelrooy (and United) appear to have agreed a fee for him to move to Real Madrid.
Provided his first season is a successful one he’ll likely see out his career their. With all the changes going on in Madrid they couldn’t be in the [...]

A writer for ESPNSoccernet.com has put out an aritcle with the World Cup’s worst eleven. Of those players no less than three are Dutch. He mentions Khalid Boulahrouz, Mark van Bommel and Ruud van Nistelrooy as culprits for poor showings in the tournament.
The funny thing is: I can’t really fault his logic for [...]

Ruud van Nistelrooy continues to be linked with almost every high profile club in the world it seems. This time around its Real Madrid and Bayern Munich both with renewed interest in the Dutch forward.
I love the guy as a player. He is absolutely ruthless and is a good team leader. Unfortunately [...]

I can’t believe it but Sir Alex Ferguson expects Ruud van Nistelrooy to show up for training when the sessions begin this summer. Has Sir Alex learned his lesson from the past? It would be nice to see Ruud continue on at United although I’m not sure if he would stay on for [...]

Could Arjen Robben be on his way to the Bernebeu? Everyone laughed when one of the last Madrid president claimed he would sign David Beckham and he did it. It is totally out of the question? To that question I would answer ‘No’. Is it likely though? Again I would [...]

Allez les Bleus et vive la France!
Oops did that accidentally slip out?

Johan Derksen is senior editor of the leading Dutch football magazine VI. He analyses games on tv and is supposedly very close to Johan Cruyff. That relationship however, does not stop him from expressing his opinion on the performance of one Marco van Basten.
According to Van Basten, the WC was a huge learning experience for [...]

Well with the Dutch now finding themselves with a LOT of free time on their hands they are able to concern themselves with their day to day footballing lives. Ironically the most infamous transfer story, my man Ruud van Nistelrooy, is keeping a low profile for the time being.
England seems to be a popular [...]

Former Dutch midfielder Edgar Davids was very unimpressed by the Netherlands’ performance in the match against Portugal in which they were eliminated. I really hope his comments aren’t a result of bitter or negative feelings. I’m not a proponent of how either set of players acted on the night but I would expect [...]