Rafael van der Vaart has lumped some bizarre praise on Liverpool star Cody Gakpo, claiming the Netherlands winger could make 'defenders s*** their pants'.
It came after the Liverpool star impressed during the Netherlands' 3-0 victory against Romania on Tuesday night.
The victory saw Ronald Koeman's side set up a quarter-final clash against Turkey, with the 25-year-old both scoring and setting up Donyell Malen with an assist in the second half.
His goal against Romania, a stunning strike that beat the goalkeeper Florin Nita at the near post, puts him joint-top of the Euro 2024 top scorers charts alongside Jamal Musiala and Georges Mikautadze and Ivan Schranz.
He also completed 100 per cent of the dribbles he attempted, had three shots on target and made three key passes to help his side seal victory, and be named the Player of the Match.
Van der Vaart, similarly was impressed by his performance, and hailed his compatriot with a hilarious claim.
'There are not many players who could receive the ball and who could make a defender s*** their pants,' he said according to Anfield Sector.
'Gakpo is one of them,' the former Real Madrid star added.
Impressively, Gakpo has now scored 12 goals in 28 appearances of his national side, with the Dutch star having notably also found the back of the net three times at the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
Speaking on his side's performance on Tuesday, Gakpo said: Gakpo: 'We played a good game and showed a great reaction from the last one and very pleased.
'I agree, after the last game we needed a reaction and today was a good step in the right direction,' Gakpo said. 'We talked a lot about the aggression and intensity and defending like a team and it was a good step today again and very happy we won and played a good game.'
After scoring his goal early on, Gakpo went to celebrate with the team's physio and after the match, he revealed why.
'He [the physio] told me yesterday that I was going to score the first goal today. I said: "If I do that then I'll come to you then."'
He added: 'Yeah I think that was the performance sacrifice and working very hard for each other to do our best and I'm happy that I could assist Donny with the goal - good game overall.'
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Gakpo shows the world what he capable of he is the best player at the tournament