Fred Grim has named his provisional Netherlands U21 squad for the upcoming friendlies with Serbia and Norway.
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The Jong Oranje face Norway on March 25th and Serbia three days later, with both ties taking place in Spain.
Grim has been able to call upon three full internationals, with Karim Rekik, Anwar El Ghazi and Terence Kongolo all not selected by Danny Blind for the full national team squad. Feyenoord midfielder Tonny Vilhena, Utrecht’s Bart Ramselaar, and PSV’s Jorrit Hendrix are also some of the names chosen by Grim.
The full squad is below. Grim’s final selection will be named next week.
Goalkeepers: Maarten de Fockert (SC Heerenveen), Mickey van der Hart (PEC Zwolle), Hidde Jurjus (De Graafschap)
Defenders: Nathan Aké (Watford), Sven van Beek (Feyenoord), Joshua Brenet (PSV), Kevin Diks (Vitesse), Hans Hateboer (FC Groningen), Wesley Hoedt (Lazio), Rick Karsdorp (Feyenoord), Terence Kongolo (Feyenoord), Derrick Luckassen (AZ), Karim Rekik (Olympique Marseille), Lucas Woudenberg (NEC)
Midfielder: Danny Bakker (ADO Den Haag), Kingsley Ehizibue (PEC Zwolle), Thom Haye (AZ), Jorrit Hendrix (PSV), Joris van Overeem (AZ), Bart Ramselaar (FC Utrecht), Daley Sinkgraven (Ajax), Tonny Vilhena (Feyenoord)
Attackers: Dabney Dos Santos (AZ), Anwar El Ghazi (Ajax), Patrick Joosten (FC Utrecht), Ricardo Kishna (Lazio), Queensy Menig (PEC Zwolle), Gyliano van Velzen (FC Volendam)
More talent in this squad than the 1st team…