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Thu, Apr 9, 2026, 4:41 PM GMT+2

The Dutch national team will win this summer's FIFA World Cup, that's according to a market strategist at Panmure Liberum who claims to have successfully predicted the last three tournaments.

It's a bold outsider call that runs against the betting market and sets up what the broker says would be one of the tournament’s biggest shocks.

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The market strategist, Joachim Klement, who says he correctly forecast Germany in 2014, France in 2018 and Argentina in 2022, says his statistical model points to the Netherlands lifting the trophy in a final against Portugal.

Klement says his model blends socioeconomic inputs, including GDP per capita, population, temperature, host-country advantage and FIFA ranking points. He estimates it explains about 55% of World Cup success, with the remaining 45% left to luck.

The Panmure man also predicts Japan will knock out Brazil in the round of 32 which he describes as “likely one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history”.

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Spanje is voor mij de Favoriet maar we spelen in de VS Trump is geen fan vd Spanjolen.

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Netherlands winning it all and Japan beating Brazil. Sounds crazy, but honestly could be interesting if

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Ik zie Japan wel winnen van Brazilië als ze verder komen maar moeten eerst tegen Nederland. Goede ploeg!

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Danny Makkelie is komende zomer een
van de scheidsrechters op het WK in de
Verenigde Staten,Canada en Mexico.Voor
de 43-jarige arbiter wordt het na 2018
en 2022 de derde WK-deelname.

Makkelie was in 2018 in Rusland actief
als videoscheidsrechter en vier jaar
later floot hij in Qatar twee duels in
de groepsfase.

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Memphis Depay faces race against time for World Cup after fresh injury
Memphis Depay has suffered a setback in the run-up to the FIFA World Cup. The Dutch forward’s rehabilitation has been pushed back by two weeks after an error by Corinthians’ medical team, according to Brazilian outlets such as O Globo.

During his recovery, Depay took on a gym exercise prematurely. This misstep caused the 32-year-old ex-PSV forward to reinjure his right thigh in the closing stage of his rehabilitation.

After picking up an injury on March 22 against Flamengo, Depay was sidelined for the Netherlands’ friendlies with Norway and Ecuador. Although he briefly joined the squad, head coach Ronald Koeman made it clear in a one-on-one talk that only peak fitness will allow him to contribute to the team at the upcoming World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

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open/sluit de onderstaande quote:

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Marc Acardipane schreef op 10 april 2026 om 16:32:

Danny Makkelie is komende zomer een
van de scheidsrechters op het WK in de
Verenigde Staten,Canada en Mexico.Voor
de 43-jarige arbiter wordt het na 2018
en 2022 de derde WK-deelname.

Makkelie was in 2018 in Rusland actief
als videoscheidsrechter en vier jaar
later floot hij in Qatar twee duels in
de groepsfase.

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