Van Bommel tips Netherlands as a favourite for the World Cup

Mark van Bommel has tipped the Netherlands to be one of the favourites for the 2026 World Cup

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00:00They are always one of the favourites.

00:02If you talk about the Dutch football, the orange team is always there.

00:07But that's not always the case.

00:10They can play better and that's also the advantage because normally they qualify.

00:18And then on a tournament it's always difficult depending on the level of the day.

00:25They were close in Qatar with a pretty crazy game against Argentina.

00:30I played myself the World Cup final 2010.

00:33So every time they are capable to come that far at the Euros there were semi-final I think.

00:40So it's difficult to predict but if they develop as an individual player and as a team as well then they have a chance always.