Manchester United starlet, Timothy Fosu-Mensah has been named in the Holland squad for the first time for the international friendly with Ireland in Dublin.
The defender has forced his way into United first-team set-up this season, featuring nine times for Louis van Gaal’s side in all competitions.
The 18-year old is at the centre of a tug-of-war between The Oranje and Ghana, but Holland coach Danny Blind has stolen a march and handed the youngster his first call-up.
Fosu-Mensah refused to be drawn on his international future after United’s FA Cup semi-final win over Everton and he now appears to have made his decision and to represent the country of his birth.
The teenager has already played for the Netherlands at youth level but could have switched to Ghana as his parents were born there.
Reports in Holland last month said that Ghana representatives had contacted Fosu-Mensah’s agency in a bid to persuade him to join their set-up.
A spokesman from his agency Stellar Group told Dutch publication Algemeen Dagblad at the time: “They called us. Ghana indeed wants to drive him to choose Ghana.”
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