Kuyt Eager To Cement Oranje Place

Derek Wanner
Goal.com
Thursday, May 8 2008

Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt has admitted that he would be desperately disappointed if he missed out on Holland's Euro 2008 squad.

Kuyt was yesterday named as part of Marco van Basten's provisional squad for the European Championship final stage, but he knows that he can't afford to breathe easy yet since he has been in and out of the Dutch reckoning over the past couple of years.

"I first hoped to be part of the first 30 players. Now I of course want to go to Euro 2008 too," said Kuyt, who has impressed as a particularly industrious make-shift winger for his club side of late.

"I myself feel I am in good form. I had a lesser period, because of personal things. But I have put that behind me and it's going fine again now.

"I hope Marco van Basten will keep on thinking about me now. I must show it on the field and I think I did that in the last games.

"But it is of course not easy for the coach. We have many good strikers, but I think I am a fine addition to the squad," the 27-year-old added.

"It happens only once every four years. It was no fun to me to not be selected for some games after three years. But I still hope to be there."