Ahead Of The Oath Of Indonesian Citizens In The Netherlands, Mees Hilgers Enthusiastic Even Though Not Good In Indonesian

Mees Hilgers is planned to take the oath of Indonesian citizens in the Netherlands (Instagram/@meeshilgerss).

JAKARTA - The Naturalization of Mees Hilgers continues. He will take the oath of Indonesian citizens (WNI) in the Netherlands which is planned for Sunday, September 21, 2024.

Previously, Hilgers' naturalization was carried out in conjunction with Eliano Reijnders and received approval from Commission III and X of the Indonesian House of Representatives on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

The naturalization of Mees and Eliano is just waiting for the plenary session of the DPR RI, which is planned to be discussed on Thursday, September 19, 2024, and then taken to the Ministry of State Secretariat to receive a decree from President Joko Widodo.

Next, Mees and Eliano will undergo the oath of Indonesian citizens. The plan is to take the oath of Indonesian citizens Hilgers and Reijnders to be carried out at the Indonesian Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands.

Quoted from Voetbalprimeur, Hilgers was impressed with the warm welcome from Indonesia. He is claimed not to regret the choice to play with the Indonesian national team.

In this report, the 23-year-old player feels at home with the atmosphere in Asia. However, communication in the Indonesian national team is a challenge because Hilgers admits that the Indonesian language skills are not good.

"My (Indonesian) language is not very good yet. Actually it's not good at all," Hilgers was quoted as saying by Voetbalprimeur on Thursday, September 19, 2024.

The young footballer who is now defending FC Twenty also said that when he joined the Indonesian national team, he used the help of a translator.

Previously, it was known that Hilgers and Reijnders had joined the Indonesian national team training session ahead of Australia's opponents some time ago.

"We have translators there who speak English," Hilgers said.

The Naturalization of Mees and Eliano was accelerated so that these two players could immediately contribute to the Third Round of 2026 World Cup Qualification. Because the next agenda of the Indonesian national team is against Bahrain (10 October 2024) and China (15 October 2024).