Blind: Netherlands should learn from England youngsters

Danny Blind has highlighted his views that the Netherlands have found it hard to produce enough promising young talent, whilst he also showed admiration for England's development, who have produced top plaers like Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Nathaniel Clyne.

The Nertherlands are going through a rough time at the moment and after failing to qualify for the Euros this summer, the pressure is going to be on them for the 2018 World Cup. 

Blind spoke of the two national sides which will face off on Tuesday at Wembley saying: "It's always difficult to find one special reason for what has happened. There were periods in the 1980s when we did not qualify [1982 and 1986 World Cup finals]. That’s football.

"We had great players with [Arjen] Robben, [Robin] van Persie, [Klaas-Jan] Huntelaar, [Nigel] de Jong, [Wesley] Sneijder. The players aged 25-28, they are not around. We have to deal with that. The only thing we can do is bring in young players for games like this one.

"It is currently very difficult because Holland was second at the 2010 World Cup and third in 2014 so people expect a lot from our team and it is very disappointing we did not qualify for the Euro 2016 tournament.

"Especially because the third place in the group would have been good enough to get to France. It's very disappointing … it's going to be a tough summer."

Speaking of his opposition, Blind added: "[They] have big players with big clubs. They used to have a lot of foreign players at the clubs.

"Now it appears they have more home-based English players in their league so they can build a good national team.

"That is in contrast to us, we are now rebuilding our team with extremely young players.

"It's a good team with young and promising players. It's more difficult to beat England than it used to be.

"Holland have had good results against England but they appear to play more modern, less predictable football now.

"Maybe a bit more European style has been influenced by all the coaches and players in the Premier League."