The 20-year-old from Albion Park has linked with Dutch powerhouse Bloemendaal club near Amsterdam. before returning to Australia to prepare for the Junior World Cup in India in December.

Govers launched his international career in England last year, when he scored five goals in the league final, playing for Wimbledon.

He then scored on debut for Australia before making his Olympics debut in Brazil, where the Kookaburras crashed out in the quarter-finals, against world No.2 the Netherlands. Govers said playing in an elite club competition, rather than training with the Kookaburras in Perth, will help him raise the bar. “It’s a great experience for me, at this stage of my career,” he said. 

“I was in two minds about going, but now I’ve decided to go, I’m really excited for it.”

However, Govers will miss a showdown with older brother Kieran, who is also travelling to the Netherlands after Albion Park’s Illawarra finals campaign. Kieran’s club Den Bosch will play Bloemendaal before the London Olympian, not selected for Rio after overcoming a string of hamstring, hip and back injuries, arrives.

By the time the two clubs meet again, Blake will have returned to Australia for the Junior World Cup build-up.

Govers said the early exit in Rio was an “eye-opener”.

“It was tough times, the whole Olympic experience at the age of 20,” he said.

“It was an eye-opener, but it drives me more to come back bigger and better.”