New Brentford goalkeeper Mark Flekken will take over as the Netherlands’ first choice for their European qualifier on Thursday, coach Ronald Koeman said on the eve of the match against Greece in Eindhoven. He confirmed at the pre-match press conference that Flekken, who joined Brentford in May from Bundesliga side Freiburg, would start the Group B game as the Dutch …
German-based goalkeeper Mark Flekken and Club Brugge attacker Noa Lang were handed first call-ups by the Netherlands as coach Louis van Gaal on Friday, included them in his squad for World Cup qualifiers against Latvia and Gibraltar this month. Flekken was largely unknown to the Dutch having spent his entire career in Germany, but his recent performances for Freiburg have …