The Netherlands team’s hope have been severely harmed as midfielder Frenkie de Jong is not going to play in the European Championship due to an ankle injury and so will Teun Koopmeiners.
Following Ronald Koeman’s team’s 4-0 victory over Iceland in their last warmup, the Dutch football federation said that the Barcelona player will not be available for the 2024 European Championship in Germany. On Monday, De Jong observed the game from the sidelines in Rotterdam.
Tests “showed that the ankle is not yet sufficiently resilient” which puts an end to De Jong’s aspirations of participating, according to a statement from Netherlands officials. AC Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders filled in for De Jong on Monday.
“He won’t be fit enough to play at this level for the next three weeks,” Koeman said. “There’s no point keeping him with us.”
Teun Koopmeiners, another midfield player, suffered an injury during the warm-up for the Iceland game, making him questionable for the competition. While waiting for the test results, which are anticipated on Tuesday, Koeman stated, “I have a bad feeling.”
The 1988 European Champions, Netherlands, kick off Group D on Sunday against Poland. They then play World Cup runner-ups France and later Austria to round off the group stage.
As a consequence of these injuries, Ian Maatsen who had a stellar 2nd half of the season on loan at Borussia Dortmund has been called to join up with the rest of the squad before making the journey over to Germany.
