Winger, 21, has shone this season in domestic campaign and is set to be part of
home World Cup squad this summer
Not exact matches
The 21 - year - old only broke into the Heerenveen first team in 2012, but has earned rave reviews in his
home country and only narrowly missed out on selection for the Dutch
World Cup squad.
Perez now looks set on the exit door, in hope of retaining a place in the Spain international
squad for next summer's
World Cup, and his preference is known to be a return to his
home country.
A good omen for the 33 - year - old, and the rest of Didier Deschamps» talented
squad, is that France have won two major tournaments when playing on
home soil — Euro 1984 and the 1998
World Cup.
Keane also took on the FAI in Saipan, as the Republic was preparing for the 2002
World Cup, blasting them for having inferior facilities, travel arrangements, and
squad preparations, and the resulting argument between Keane and then - manager Mick McCarthy resulted in Keane's being sent
home.
One year and one day after their infamous 5 - 1 defeat to the Netherlands at the
World Cup in Brazil, this was a potential banana skin of a fixture for the Spanish with the
home - based players in the Belarus
squad in the middle of their domestic season.Del Bosque's players could be forgiven for feeling the effects of a long campaign as their summer holidays beckoned but they got the job done thanks to Silva's goal just before the break.
Argentina had a shaky start to their
World Cup campaign but managed to qualify at the last breath.Their reputation would place them as favourites of this fixture but they are far away from
home and Croatia, despite not having the acclaim, have a very talented
squad.