Netherland’s Van Basten said he would have wanted some more time to announce the team for the World Cup in 2006.

In an interview with the Dutch press agency ANP, Van Basten said that he still hopes FIFA will change the May 15 deadline.

“The problem is that I can only see my players at their club and can’t work with them myself,” said Van Basten.

Fortunately, or unfortunately, Van Basten has a lot of options and he would have wanted to see all of those players play for his team in different combinations, training with him and so on before deciding.

Source: reuters.co.uk