Euro 2012: Van Tiggelen blasts Van Persie

Former Holland defender Adri van Tiggelen has encouraged Oranje boss Bert van Marwijk to include Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in the starting XI for the next two group stage matches.

The inclusion of  Huntelaar would inevitably relegate Arsenal talisman Robin van Persie, who did little to nothing against Denmark in Holland s first match of Euro 2012, to the bench.

I guess it is about time that Klaas-Jan Huntelaar starts up front, I am kind of fed up with Robin van Persie, he told NUSport.

It is a fact he did an amazing job at Arsenal this season, but his performances have been heavily disappointing in the Netherlands national team.

Besides, we have two defensive midfielders who are hardly involved in attack. If Denmark benefited from that, Germ…