Holland's Olympic football coach Foppe de Haan insists Liverpool winger Ryan Babel remains keen on playing in Beijing despite the concerns of his club manager Rafael Benitez.
Benitez is worried the 21-year-old's recovery from the ankle injury sustained on international duty in the build-up to Euro 2008 could be disrupted by his participation in China.
But De Haan believes Babel, who resumed training with his club on Wednesday, is well on course to be fit for the Olympics and should be allowed to make up his own mind.
He told De Telegraaf: 'Other Liverpool players are also going to Beijing, so why not him?
'In the past couple of days, Ryan has been doing warm-ups at Liverpool with the rest of the group.
'For the rest of the time he worked on an individual programme. He did a lot of walking, but he also worked with the ball. That all went well.
'Ryan is very optimistic about his recovery and he very much wants to go with us to the Olympic Games.'
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