News about Jasper Cillessen

CHRIS WHEELER: Andre Onana asked if he'd have a career in football, let alone the possibility to become Manchester United's new goalkeeper. At Ajax, the dark days of 2021 came after Onana was banned for a doping offense. The Cameroon goalkeeper's days were when only the love of his family and friends kept him from giving up. Onana wrote to The Guardian in 2021, 'Football is back.' I was just trying to survive, and came back stronger.' Attempt to see the positive side of life.

During NEC's match against Heerenveen on Saturday, Netherlands goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen suffered a serious blunder. After the visitors took the lead, NEC responded with goals from Magnus Mattsson and Landry Dimata before Kees van Wonderen's side equalized through Sydney van Hooijdonk. With the game coming to an end, replacement Antoine Colassin stepped up to a high spot and found himself on target.

Jasper Cillessen's ex-girlfriend claims that the Holland goalkeeper was 'threatened and blackmailed several times.' Maria Moran, a Dutch sports journalist, claims that Cillessen, 33, threatened to leak private pictures and videos if she did not have an abortion. Moran is suing Cillessen for allegedly not covering his child's hospital bills, as a result.

Any World Cup pick is one of the greatest joys of any. It's a gamble that could be triggered by a lack of depth in a certain position, a pile-up of injuries, or a national team manager with a positive opinion about a young rising star. Remember Sven-Goran Eriksson's pick of the 17-year-old Theo Walcott in 2006 solely for the thrill? Several uncapped players are competing in Qatar's World Cup, aiming to fulfill their dream of playing on football's biggest stage. Here's a look at them.

In press conferences around the tournament, a Dutch newspaper AD is using a World Cup Louis van Gaal barometer to track the mood of Holland's manager. Van Gaal's second World Cup in charge of Oranje has taken him to third place at the 2014 tournament in Brazil. Holland, who did not qualify for the Russia World Cup in 2018, has since recovered form under Van Gaal and finished fifth in all six matches with five wins and one draw.

All 11 players that he had snubbing when he named his final squad that would be heading to Qatar on Friday, according to the former Manchester United boss. Ryan Gravenbach of Bayern Munich, Donny van der Beek, Newcastle defender Sven Botman, and veteran goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen were among the notable absentees. The manager admitted that it was tough making those phone calls and that he had even a few surprises when he called them ahead of the squad's announcement.

Holland certainly has the most unique and eerie one so far as far as World Cup squad announcements are concerned. On Friday morning, the Oranje took to Twitter to post a video in which manager Louis van Gaal revealed his picks. However, he did not do so in a traditional way but rather read them out on a chair in a dim room with dramatic music playing in the background.

Louis van Gaal is going to go to great lengths to protect his Netherlands team during any penalty shoot-outs at the World Cup by adding a volleyball coach to his backroom staff. Following Holland's loss to qualify for Qatar following their disappointing Euro 2020 campaign, the 71-year-old, who came out of retirement to lead Holland in the tournament's fiasco, is confident that his coaching staff will be able to fine margins and has named Peter Murphy as 'the penalty killer.' Murphy is a former hall-of-fame coach of Holland's national volleyball team, and he has been charged with assisting the Dutch goalies in finding where takers can place their spot kicks.