The 31-year-old Depay is worth 9 million euros and plays in the Brazilian League. He scored 7 goals and 4 assists in 6 games in the World Cup preliminaries&; the team s history s top scorer +

Do you want it? Does the Dutch national team now have to rely on the 31-year-old Brazilian forward Depay, who is worth only 9 million euros, to support the front line? In the European preliminaries of the World Cup in the early morning of October 13, the Netherlands defeated Finland 4-0. In this campaign, Depay was replaced in the first 62 minutes. He scored three goals by himself, winning the ball with 2 passes and 1 shot.

The 32-year-old Depay joined the Brazilian powerhouse Corinthians on a free transfer last summer. He played in all 6 games of the Netherlands in this World Cup preliminaries, including 5 starts, playing a total of 388 minutes, scoring 7 goals and 4 assists. The Netherlands scored 22 goals in 6 rounds, and Depay participated in half of them (11 goals). Depay is also the historical scorer + assist leader of the Dutch national team. He has played 106 times on behalf of the Dutch national team, contributing 54 goals and 36 assists.

The Dutch national team's striker stars are now bleak. This time the national team has only recruited four forwards, namely Gakpo, Malen, Verhorst and Depay. Among them, there are only two options for the 9th position: Verhorst and Depay. Depay needs to shoulder the important task of the Dutch national team's victory in the World Cup next year. The goal efficiency in the World Cup preliminaries is difficult to prove. In the 2024 European Cup, Depay contributed 1 goal and 1 assist in 6 appearances, and his performance was highly questionable. Depay has proven himself in the World Cup preliminaries, but Haaland's 8-goal performance in two World Cup preliminaries shows that the value of goals in the European preliminaries is very low. Depay, the Dutch team's historical top scorer and assist leader, needs to improve his output in the competition. In the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, the performance of the Dutch forwards will determine how far the team can go, and Depay is the heavy burden.