Drenthe recently received a standing ovation in a Dutch talk show. He says he was sold to Real Madrid far too young and earned three million euros as a 20-year-old. So young, and without parents, and so much money is not good, he immediately bought a Porsche Cayenne. Was it stupid, yes, but with that much money I stopped thinking. After Madrid it went downhill and he started making hip-hop music, but also got the wrong friends around him. Drenthe now works as a psychiatric counselor in a hospital and assists psychiatric patients in emergency situations. According to Drenthe, he has finally found peace in his life and is passionate about helping people in his new job. But at the moment he is still following a care course at the university. Currently he also plays weekends at an amateur club. Does he regret the end of his football career? Unfortunately it didn't go as it should have, but at Real I played with the best players like Benzema and Ronaldo. Of course I will never forget that, but now I have a more important job to help people in need.
@@unknownunknown3692Madrid doesn't give young players a chance to fulfill Thier potential Young players should try teams like arsenal before going to Madrid
@@unknownunknown3692he really does regret it and he is not shy to say that. However, he had a major depression and is now happy with himself again with the structure of a job and all that. Happiness and health is the most important: that’s not political correct, that’s a fact….
as a Dutchman; great video and you told the story well! I believe Drenthe was the only real flop due to his poor attitude (which he's admitted on multiple occasions). Robben was already world class at that time, but he also had the man of glass reputation (injury prone). Van der Vaart had the 60-minute habit, also known with the NT as being out of gas after 60 minutes. RvN was a class apart and Sneijder was fine, just wasn't suited to a different role other than being a typical 10 around that time. Huntelaar would prove to be a great striker in years to come and I believe he could've been a very reliable back-up, but none of the Dutchies were very marketable as Florentino Perez preferred it
ive grow up in Rotterdam and knew older guys who used to know Drenthe growing up, this guy took privet jets to the netherlands and party while he needed to prepare for the next game. Great talent but he didnt had the mindset of a pro player
I lived through Los Oranjes period and you were right. Most actually did good, just Drenthe that flopped really hard, but each have their own demons, Robben had the man of glass period, VdV would have one of the worst case of gassing out I have ever seen (even worse than Özil), Sneijder was fine, but I think he had some psychological issues in Madrid, Huntelaar came simply at the wrong time, because Higuain started to improve massively and no one dared to replace Raul at that time. Ruudjie was on decline at that time. Truthfully I think a massive makeover seemed to be a reasonable solution.
As a Madridista I was a bit too young to understand football during this time, the time was rough and a failure but the 09/10 window changed the future and José aswell who for me started the 2010s dominance even tho he didnt win a UCL for us (2012 Bayern pens was painful) Amazing video and love the content🫡
Great video! As a Dutchman having so many players at Real Madrid really made me proud back in those days. Think we have had the best players around that time and we even made it to the World Cup finale, still hurts till this day.
As a dutchman I must say, well done! Good recap! I think it was De Stefano himself who said after the Dutch were all gone that they should have kept Robben, because he found him exceptionally good. His nickname was ‘man of glass’, because of all his injuries…
I love content like this ❤ keep it up The Netherlands team was something special - going far in Euro 2008, 2010 world cup, and then 2014 world cup. I personally think Dirk Kuyt was one of the most underrated players ever. So vital to the Dutch and for Liverpool
I had to comeback and rewatch this this is a top 10 RUclips video I’ve bet watched the story telling, background music and presentation is insanely good
I mean that's pretty much what he said in the video..... Robben was good too when he was fit. But he was hardly ever fit. But the remaining four were definitely disappointing. Flashes of talent here and there, but ultimately not enough.
Insane talented dutch generation, 2008 euros they played the best football but lost and without Robben’ injuries and casillas toe, Robben and Sneijder could have both been ballon dor winners
To be fair, we have to question the legitimacy of the Russian squad they lost to after all that happened in Russian sporting since. Especially when it came down to the fact that they lost that match on fitness. Which is how everyone in The Netherlands remembers that tournament, they beat the best teams with style only to hopelessly lose to Russia.
@@SevenTheMisgiven That Russian squad were trashed twice by Spain at Euro 2008 though, 4-1 in the group stage and 3-0 in the semi finals. Of course there have been theories about the Spain team of that era as well. What do you think would've happened if Holland had played Spain in the semi finals?
@@ashleythomas4112interesting that brought that up bcus when u think about it doesn't sound so far fetched for the only way to beat them is to take/use their own medicine.. 🤔
@@ashleythomas4112 I don't know buddy. It was just a strange contrast in form of the Dutch squad. Beating Italy and France comfortably (the World champion and runner up of 2006) and then lose rather hopelessly to Russia. Personally I didn't think anything badly about Russia at the time. Dzagoev played well that tournament and I liked him. But then the rest of his entire career was shadey and very much linked with corruption as well. Spain vs Holland in 2008 already would have been interesting perhaps. I am not entirely sure about the strength of the Spanish squad. But you see, it would have made a lot of sense if these 2 squad faced off in 2008 already. And how knows if it would the 1-0 for Spain or the 5-1 for Holland we would get to see. ;)
@@SevenTheMisgiven I do think that Italy and particularly France were on the decline after the 2006 World Cup though. By Euro 2008 Italy were still a decent side with very good players but France were just abysmal, despite themselves having some very good players as well. They were both terrible in 2010 as well, just 2 years later. Dzagoev didn't play at Euro 2008, (he did make his debut for Russia later that year though at just 18 years old) I think you might be confusing him with Arshavin, who was outstanding at Euro 2008. It's interesting that Russia have done very little of note since that Euros though, apart from coincidentally at the World Cup they hosted in 2018. Hmm, interesting. The 2008 Spain squad was a fantastic team with Casillas, Puyol, Sergio Ramos, Iniesta, Xavi, Fabregas, Xabi Alonso, David Silva, Torres, Villa. Spain were undoubtedly very strong at the time. The Dutch squad were also very strong though, it would've been a close, hard fought game I think. It definitely would not have been 5-1 as the Spain team that Holland beat in 2014 was old and tired and facing the end of their legendary golden generation at that World Cup.
Entertaining watch, but they didn't bring Raul in. He'd already been there since 1994 (6 years before the start of the galactico era including 2 champions league wins) and he was a youth team player, ie free.
Drenthe bought a house for his parents and made sure they are taken care of till their death. Royston himself is back at the level of his elementary school: poor AF and have to struggle to get back. He is not alone.
Could you make a video on legends like R9 I think it would be very insightful since pre injury (age 23) an argument can be made he was the best player of all time
Sneijder and Robben then became the best players in the world, leading their clubs to win the Champions League. Huntelaar became the best striker in the Bundesliga and Van der Vaart dismantled other countries in the European and World Cups. Drenthe became the biggest example of wasted talent and now works a 9 to 5. How strange.
Sneijder had to compete with Guti and Van der Vaart for the #10 spot. Robben good as he was and I still believed Madrid should have kept him for a few years, was injury prone. Huntelaar and Drenthe were disaster class signings and Madrid had Higuain at the time. Only Van Nisterooy was deemed a successful signing but injuries ruined him. The Streets won't forget Los Oranjes.
I think that van Nistelrooij did great at Real. They probably regret selling Sneijder and buying kaka, because kaka was complete shit at real and Sneijder should have won the ballon d’or in the season after. Selling Robben and buying cristiano was probably that best decision ever made by the club. Robben was mostly injured and Ronaldo speaks for itself. Van der Vaart was indeed competing for the nr 10 position, weird to buy him in the first place. Huntelaar was a big talent at the time, but replacing the nr 1 and 2 all time UCL topscorers was probably a but too much for him. Especially for a player coming from the eredivisie. Drenthe is just a complete joke 😂
Netherlands player is Build for Barcelona not Madrid, its because how they play is very similiar to netherlands football tiki taka is originally based ofthe dutch total football
2000-2006 Galacticos- 2 La Liga, 1 Champions League, 2 Supercopa de España, 1 UEFA Super Cup, 1 Intercontinental Cup, Runner Up Copa Del Ray 2007-2009 Los Oranjes- 1 La Liga, 1 Supercopa de España, R16 Champions League, R16 Copa Del Ray
The 2010 final was actually especially ironic cause in a sense the spain team that beat them was educated by a dutch icon and the dutch school of football. Not to mention they beat them with the progressed version of total (possession) football; tiki-taka. Allthough to be fair at that point Spain was playing more like the dutch school of football then the dutch nationsl team themselves were
When your transfer policy is all focused on flawed marketing, you deserve to fail! Imagine not pursuing the signing of Ronaldinho in 2003 because you think he’s too ugly to sign shirts! The same year Perez also got rid of Claude Makélélé!! Appreciate that was before Calderon..but the club ethos was still the same!
The reason of galacticos was made for marketing purpose when perez inherited the position of madrid president, madrid was in debt because of that galacticos, all that debt was paid off how? merchandise sales, image rights, frequent tour to asia (at this period madrid overtake MU as the most selling club in gigantic Asia market) fielding all those stars players on the same starting lineup for tv revenue (but bad tactically) despite competitive "failure", this galacticos made madrid become debt free and profitable, and why they can spend money for galacticos 2.0 perez words at that time: the most expensive player is the most profitable one.
Snijder had majic but wasn't hungry to show his talent. Roben was a mistake to sell. He had what was left to bring sucess to that team that was created by Florentino. With him in the mix they would have won the league some 2 or 3 times. Unfortunately it was claimed he had to go to balance the books.
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Drenthe recently received a standing ovation in a Dutch talk show. He says he was sold to Real Madrid far too young and earned three million euros as a 20-year-old. So young, and without parents, and so much money is not good, he immediately bought a Porsche Cayenne. Was it stupid, yes, but with that much money I stopped thinking. After Madrid it went downhill and he started making hip-hop music, but also got the wrong friends around him.
Drenthe now works as a psychiatric counselor in a hospital and assists psychiatric patients in emergency situations. According to Drenthe, he has finally found peace in his life and is passionate about helping people in his new job. But at the moment he is still following a care course at the university. Currently he also plays weekends at an amateur club.
Does he regret the end of his football career? Unfortunately it didn't go as it should have, but at Real I played with the best players like Benzema and Ronaldo. Of course I will never forget that, but now I have a more important job to help people in need.
thtas the politcal correct answer ofcourse he regret it .. going to a fucking 9-5 while u wonthe lottery damn
@@unknownunknown3692Madrid doesn't give young players a chance to fulfill Thier potential
Young players should try teams like arsenal before going to Madrid
or getthe money and dont spent it@@user-bs5qr5ie4s
@@unknownunknown3692he really does regret it and he is not shy to say that. However, he had a major depression and is now happy with himself again with the structure of a job and all that. Happiness and health is the most important: that’s not political correct, that’s a fact….
as a Dutchman; great video and you told the story well!
I believe Drenthe was the only real flop due to his poor attitude (which he's admitted on multiple occasions). Robben was already world class at that time, but he also had the man of glass reputation (injury prone). Van der Vaart had the 60-minute habit, also known with the NT as being out of gas after 60 minutes. RvN was a class apart and Sneijder was fine, just wasn't suited to a different role other than being a typical 10 around that time. Huntelaar would prove to be a great striker in years to come and I believe he could've been a very reliable back-up, but none of the Dutchies were very marketable as Florentino Perez preferred it
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ive grow up in Rotterdam and knew older guys who used to know Drenthe growing up, this guy took privet jets to the netherlands and party while he needed to prepare for the next game. Great talent but he didnt had the mindset of a pro player
I lived through Los Oranjes period and you were right. Most actually did good, just Drenthe that flopped really hard, but each have their own demons, Robben had the man of glass period, VdV would have one of the worst case of gassing out I have ever seen (even worse than Özil), Sneijder was fine, but I think he had some psychological issues in Madrid, Huntelaar came simply at the wrong time, because Higuain started to improve massively and no one dared to replace Raul at that time. Ruudjie was on decline at that time. Truthfully I think a massive makeover seemed to be a reasonable solution.
Loved this. The storytelling is going to take this channel to the moon ❤
As a Madridista I was a bit too young to understand football during this time, the time was rough and a failure but the 09/10 window changed the future and José aswell who for me started the 2010s dominance even tho he didnt win a UCL for us (2012 Bayern pens was painful)
Amazing video and love the content🫡
Great video! As a Dutchman having so many players at Real Madrid really made me proud back in those days. Think we have had the best players around that time and we even made it to the World Cup finale, still hurts till this day.
Masterpieceeeeeee 😍
As a dutchman I must say, well done! Good recap! I think it was De Stefano himself who said after the Dutch were all gone that they should have kept Robben, because he found him exceptionally good. His nickname was ‘man of glass’, because of all his injuries…
I'm not gonna lie, I totally forgot that Real signed Huntelaar. Great video!
I love content like this ❤ keep it up
The Netherlands team was something special - going far in Euro 2008, 2010 world cup, and then 2014 world cup.
I personally think Dirk Kuyt was one of the most underrated players ever. So vital to the Dutch and for Liverpool
storytelling off the charts. i love your presentation. will be tapping in often. looking forward to more history content
love these documentaries bro, you should make one about stevan jovetic. he was a baller!
Lyes!!! keep up the great content habibi!!!
Amazing video bro❤Keep them coming
Class video, really enjoyed it. Gained yourself a fan 👍
Great video. As Madrid fan the Dutchmen are rarely talked about but it’s an interesting story
Xavi Simons will be the next Dutch star at Real Madrid
Hi Bouzidi, actualy seedorf played for real madrid years before van nistelroy.
When Lorenzo Sanz was the president, not Florentino Perez
Great video lyes big up👏
I had to comeback and rewatch this this is a top 10 RUclips video I’ve bet watched the story telling, background music and presentation is insanely good
You’re actually the 🐐 at this bro, quality!
Liked and subscribed Lyes. Well done, and keep them coming.
Awesome piece of history!!
These guys were heroes for dutch kids back then.
"when thinking of the Netherlands, one club come to mind....Barcelona"......ummm no, Ajax would be the answer.
A great concept. I remember Sneidjer having fun in this era with Robben.
Amazing video, Lyes 👌
My brother Lyes ❤ Respect to you always !
“when you think of the netherlands you think of..”
“ajax? feyenoord? psv?”
“..fc barcelona!”
“😐”
Hey great video. Keep it up!!!
You are incredible. Love from Nigeria!
Van Nistelrooy wasn’t that bad he still had a good scoring record for los blancos everyone else were disappointing
I mean that's pretty much what he said in the video.....
Robben was good too when he was fit. But he was hardly ever fit.
But the remaining four were definitely disappointing. Flashes of talent here and there, but ultimately not enough.
@@brianduru3753Sneijder was good.
Ruud is a Real Madrid legend.
Insane talented dutch generation, 2008 euros they played the best football but lost and without Robben’ injuries and casillas toe, Robben and Sneijder could have both been ballon dor winners
To be fair, we have to question the legitimacy of the Russian squad they lost to after all that happened in Russian sporting since. Especially when it came down to the fact that they lost that match on fitness. Which is how everyone in The Netherlands remembers that tournament, they beat the best teams with style only to hopelessly lose to Russia.
@@SevenTheMisgiven That Russian squad were trashed twice by Spain at Euro 2008 though, 4-1 in the group stage and 3-0 in the semi finals. Of course there have been theories about the Spain team of that era as well. What do you think would've happened if Holland had played Spain in the semi finals?
@@ashleythomas4112interesting that brought that up bcus when u think about it doesn't sound so far fetched for the only way to beat them is to take/use their own medicine.. 🤔
@@ashleythomas4112 I don't know buddy. It was just a strange contrast in form of the Dutch squad. Beating Italy and France comfortably (the World champion and runner up of 2006) and then lose rather hopelessly to Russia. Personally I didn't think anything badly about Russia at the time. Dzagoev played well that tournament and I liked him. But then the rest of his entire career was shadey and very much linked with corruption as well.
Spain vs Holland in 2008 already would have been interesting perhaps. I am not entirely sure about the strength of the Spanish squad. But you see, it would have made a lot of sense if these 2 squad faced off in 2008 already. And how knows if it would the 1-0 for Spain or the 5-1 for Holland we would get to see. ;)
@@SevenTheMisgiven I do think that Italy and particularly France were on the decline after the 2006 World Cup though. By Euro 2008 Italy were still a decent side with very good players but France were just abysmal, despite themselves having some very good players as well. They were both terrible in 2010 as well, just 2 years later. Dzagoev didn't play at Euro 2008, (he did make his debut for Russia later that year though at just 18 years old) I think you might be confusing him with Arshavin, who was outstanding at Euro 2008. It's interesting that Russia have done very little of note since that Euros though, apart from coincidentally at the World Cup they hosted in 2018. Hmm, interesting.
The 2008 Spain squad was a fantastic team with Casillas, Puyol, Sergio Ramos, Iniesta, Xavi, Fabregas, Xabi Alonso, David Silva, Torres, Villa. Spain were undoubtedly very strong at the time. The Dutch squad were also very strong though, it would've been a close, hard fought game I think. It definitely would not have been 5-1 as the Spain team that Holland beat in 2014 was old and tired and facing the end of their legendary golden generation at that World Cup.
Nice concept. Keep up these times of videos
wow increible Lyes! I need more please
Love these sort of videos mate, hoping to see a Mount or Onana video next!!
Amazing. Enjoyed it very much.
great story telling
GREAT WORK, THANK U
Brilliant vid as always, but this one was a level up from the previous two recently 🐐
ay i really enjoyed this video, super interesting, btw is there a any reason why Perez didnt sign any players from Netherlands?
Bad luck most likely
w video its like real madrid 2018 with odegard hakimi theo hernandez
so good-- my favorite kind of stories in football. glad someone is telling them :)
Entertaining watch, but they didn't bring Raul in. He'd already been there since 1994 (6 years before the start of the galactico era including 2 champions league wins) and he was a youth team player, ie free.
Incredible video!
nice video man keep it up + 1 sub
Great video brother! Do another video on Galacticos 2.0
Très bonne vidéo de ta part Lyés !! 🫡
Beautiful video!!🎉
Florentino didn't bring Raul in, he was an academy player
Brilliant storytelling Lyes!
Early 80's
there was indeed
a dutchplayer (John Metgod)
playing -for Real Madrid
-before
Clarence Seedorf (mid 90's)
Brand new to this channel W vid
Thanks as an obsessive Oranje fan I’ve always wondered what happened to Real’s Dutch experiment
Top content!!
Drenthe bought a house for his parents and made sure they are taken care of till their death.
Royston himself is back at the level of his elementary school: poor AF and have to struggle to get back.
He is not alone.
Cold video
Players come and go but Real madrid will always be the biggest club in the world.
Florentino Perez brought Raul? Ok that's enough video for me
Yeah I remember this era. I thought it was so weird!
Could you make a video on legends like R9 I think it would be very insightful since pre injury (age 23) an argument can be made he was the best player of all time
Sneijder and Robben then became the best players in the world, leading their clubs to win the Champions League. Huntelaar became the best striker in the Bundesliga and Van der Vaart dismantled other countries in the European and World Cups. Drenthe became the biggest example of wasted talent and now works a 9 to 5. How strange.
Learnt a lot from this video, great job. Which websites do you use to get the images?
"Madrid's failure to win a trophy from 2004 to 2006"
You didn't even name Negreira
Selling Makelele was their downfall in that galactico era.
and cambiasso in some extent
a story beautifully told
Great video! Just subbed! 👍👍
Sneijder had to compete with Guti and Van der Vaart for the #10 spot. Robben good as he was and I still believed Madrid should have kept him for a few years, was injury prone. Huntelaar and Drenthe were disaster class signings and Madrid had Higuain at the time. Only Van Nisterooy was deemed a successful signing but injuries ruined him. The Streets won't forget Los Oranjes.
Usually when you pack a team with talented Dutch players you tend to win every game...except the big ones.😁
Where is Royston Drenthe now? Is he still playing?
What an intro
I think that van Nistelrooij did great at Real. They probably regret selling Sneijder and buying kaka, because kaka was complete shit at real and Sneijder should have won the ballon d’or in the season after. Selling Robben and buying cristiano was probably that best decision ever made by the club. Robben was mostly injured and Ronaldo speaks for itself. Van der Vaart was indeed competing for the nr 10 position, weird to buy him in the first place. Huntelaar was a big talent at the time, but replacing the nr 1 and 2 all time UCL topscorers was probably a but too much for him. Especially for a player coming from the eredivisie. Drenthe is just a complete joke 😂
Netherlands player is Build for Barcelona not Madrid, its because how they play is very similiar to netherlands football tiki taka is originally based ofthe dutch total football
I don't think there was any question marks over van nistelrooy mate, he came in as the hottest striker in europe lol
2000-2006 Galacticos- 2 La Liga, 1 Champions League, 2 Supercopa de España, 1 UEFA Super Cup, 1 Intercontinental Cup, Runner Up Copa Del Ray
2007-2009 Los Oranjes- 1 La Liga, 1 Supercopa de España, R16 Champions League, R16 Copa Del Ray
Meme jokes or not this guy is clearly talented at what he does that’s undeniable
Is Seedorf literally winning CL with Real? Technically 2 CL's as he let December98 to inter
Amazing content. I’m 30 (DAMN) and more people need to put some respect on Ruud’s name
Seedorf🐐
Drenthe used to be a FM legend
My guy cooked 😮💨
Very good content but I think you are using too many video effects, it’s a bit overwhelming
nice work
a b c d e 1
They were just lacking Casemiro and proper coach 😂
Madrid struggled Makelele effect for 10 years.
The Netherlands are very unlucky. How do they keep producing gems but only won one major tournament in their entire history 😅
The 2010 final was actually especially ironic cause in a sense the spain team that beat them was educated by a dutch icon and the dutch school of football. Not to mention they beat them with the progressed version of total (possession) football; tiki-taka.
Allthough to be fair at that point Spain was playing more like the dutch school of football then the dutch nationsl team themselves were
They won Euro 1988
how i miss PES 2010
When your transfer policy is all focused on flawed marketing, you deserve to fail! Imagine not pursuing the signing of Ronaldinho in 2003 because you think he’s too ugly to sign shirts! The same year Perez also got rid of Claude Makélélé!!
Appreciate that was before Calderon..but the club ethos was still the same!
The club for "the orange" is Barcelona
Seedorf played for real madrid as a dutchman in 1995/96. So idk but what you say isnt right. Guus hiddink also coached real madrid
95/96 he was in Sampdoria... He went to real Madrid in 96. When he was in réal thé président was Lorenzo Sanz and not Florentino Perez
Lyesssss❤
3:41 Forgetting about the GOAT Luuk de Jong is shameful Lyés😔
Didn't he say : 'From De Jong to...well , de Jong' ? ;)
The reason of galacticos was made for marketing purpose
when perez inherited the position of madrid president, madrid was in debt
because of that galacticos, all that debt was paid off
how?
merchandise sales, image rights, frequent tour to asia (at this period madrid overtake MU as the most selling club in gigantic Asia market)
fielding all those stars players on the same starting lineup for tv revenue (but bad tactically)
despite competitive "failure", this galacticos made madrid become debt free and profitable, and why they can spend money for galacticos 2.0
perez words at that time: the most expensive player is the most profitable one.
Snijder had majic but wasn't hungry to show his talent. Roben was a mistake to sell. He had what was left to bring sucess to that team that was created by Florentino. With him in the mix they would have won the league some 2 or 3 times. Unfortunately it was claimed he had to go to balance the books.
Real didnt bring Raul in
Drenthe back then was like Camavinga' potential. Too bad he was meh.
so, no more “where’s the party?”?😢
Perez didn't "bring" Raúl, he was already established before coming from the youth ranks. Do research well next time
Messi and Prime Barcelona happened
You forget, van de vaart.
"When think of the Netherlands the club that first comes to mind is..."
Ajax
"...Barcelona"
Try not be so subjective young fella
He clearly meant "when you think of clubs with a history of investing in players from the Netherlands"
They got 2-6d, that's what happened
Makelele was the best galatico.