Netherlands
UEFA·Group F·FIFA #7·30 Big-5 candidates
Squad spots — best by EV per position (4-3-3)
Goalkeeper (0/1)
GK— no candidate —
Defender (0/4)
DF— no candidate —
DF— no candidate —
DF— no candidate —
DF— no candidate —
Midfielder (3/3)
Forward (3/3)
FW61 min · 1G 0A
Romeo Castelen
Hamburger SV · Bundesliga
98¢
FW68 min · 1G 0A
Chris David
Fulham · Premier League
97¢
Full candidate pool — sorted by mock EV
| Player | Club | Pos | Mins | G | A | xG | EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romeo Castelen | Hamburger SV | FW,MF | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 98¢ |
| Chris David | Fulham | FW,MF | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 97¢ |
| Robin van Persie | Manchester Utd | FW | 13,163 | 105 | 37 | 0.0 | 97¢ |
| Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | Schalke 04 | FW | 15,765 | 91 | 20 | 3.5 | 96¢ |
| Memphis Depay | Barcelona | FW | 13,894 | 78 | 45 | 60.0 | 96¢ |
| Arjen Robben | Bayern Munich | MF,FW | 13,940 | 99 | 51 | 8.5 | 94¢ |
| Wout Weghorst | Burnley | FW | 11,608 | 61 | 22 | 62.2 | 94¢ |
| Bas Dost | Eint Frankfurt | FW | 7,843 | 48 | 12 | 11.8 | 94¢ |
| Brian Brobbey | RB Leipzig | FW,MF | 131 | 0 | 2 | 0.6 | 89¢ |
| Joshua Zirkzee | Bologna | FW | 710 | 5 | 1 | 3.9 | 88¢ |
| Jayden Braaf | Udinese | FW,MF | 116 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 87¢ |
| Ruud van Nistelrooy | Málaga | FW | 3,578 | 17 | 4 | 0.0 | 86¢ |
| Rafael van der Vaart | Betis | MF | 12,086 | 46 | 38 | 0.0 | 86¢ |
| Luuk de Jong | Barcelona | FW | 6,140 | 22 | 4 | 18.5 | 84¢ |
| Arnaut Groeneveld | Villarreal | FW | 2,412 | 12 | 3 | 14.8 | 84¢ |
| Ryan Babel | Fulham | FW,MF | 6,717 | 19 | 7 | 5.7 | 83¢ |
| Delano Burgzorg | Mainz 05 | FW,MF | 225 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 82¢ |
| Justin Kluivert | Valencia | FW,MF | 5,977 | 13 | 13 | 12.5 | 81¢ |
| Eljero Elia | Southampton | FW,MF | 8,702 | 13 | 15 | 0.0 | 81¢ |
| Myron Boadu | Monaco | FW | 978 | 5 | 1 | 6.2 | 80¢ |
| Georginio Wijnaldum | Roma | MF | 18,789 | 28 | 18 | 13.6 | 79¢ |
| Luc Castaignos | Eint Frankfurt | FW | 1,120 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 77¢ |
| Marten de Roon | Atalanta | MF | 20,672 | 16 | 15 | 9.4 | 77¢ |
| Jonathan de Guzmán | Eint Frankfurt | MF | 14,544 | 23 | 26 | 4.3 | 77¢ |
| Steven Bergwijn | Tottenham | FW,MF | 2,477 | 7 | 5 | 5.6 | 76¢ |
| Jürgen Locadia | Bochum | FW,MF | 2,543 | 9 | 2 | 10.1 | 76¢ |
| Ricky van Wolfswinkel | Betis | FW | 3,612 | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 74¢ |
| Kevin Strootman | Cagliari | MF | 13,184 | 13 | 29 | 7.0 | 74¢ |
| Anwar El Ghazi | Everton | MF | 6,414 | 20 | 9 | 19.7 | 73¢ |
| Wesley Sneijder | Nice | MF,FW | 6,003 | 13 | 15 | 0.7 | 71¢ |