Ronald Koeman has revealed his provisional Netherlands squad for the upcoming friendlies with England and Portugal. Seven players make their first appearance in an Oranje squad.
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Koeman was finally announced as the new Netherlands head coach in February and is preparing a new era of Oranje heading into the UEFA Nations League later this year. His first match takes place on the 23rd of March against England in Amsterdam before travelling to Portugal three days later.
With Wesley Sneijder announcing his retirement last week, his place as the veteran in midfield is taken by Club Brugge’s Ruud Vormer. The former Feyenoorder was recently named player of the year in Belgium and at 29 gets his first call-up.
Also involved for the first time are Steven Bergwijn (PSV), Justin Kluivert (Ajax), Hans Hateboer (Atalanta), Guus Til, Wout Weghorst and Marco Bizot (All AZ). However, there is no place for PSV trio Marco van Ginkel, Jorrit Hendrix and Bart Ramselaar, while Joel Veltman (Ajax) and Jurgen Locadia (Brighton) also miss out.
Koeman will name his final squad a week on Friday.
The full 33-man squad is as follows.
Goalkeepers: Marco Bizot (AZ), Jasper Cillessen (Barcelona), Sergio Padt (FC Groningen), Jeroen Zoet (PSV)
Defenders: Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), Nathan Aké (AFC Bournemouth), Daley Blind (Manchester United), Jeffrey Bruma (VfL Wolfsburg), Stefan de Vrij (Lazio), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (Crystal Palace), Hans Hateboer (Atalanta Bergamo), Daryl Janmaat (Watford), Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax), Karim Rekik (Hertha BSC), Kenny Tete (Olympique Lyon),
Midfield: Donny van de Beek (Ajax), Davy Pröpper (Brighton & Hove Albion), Marten de Roon (Atalanta Bergamo), Kevin Strootman (AS Roma), Guus Til (AZ), Tonny Vilhena (Feyenoord), Ruud Vormer (Club Brugge), Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool)
Attackers: Ryan Babel (Besiktas), Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord), Steven Bergwijn (PSV), Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyon), Bas Dost (Sporting Lisbon), Luuk de Jong (PSV), Justin Kluivert (Ajax), Quincy Promes (Spartak Mosow), Wout Weghorst (AZ)
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Siempre quize del primer momento que Koeman dirigiera a Holanda y construyera una nueva oranje ganadora porque tiene elementos muy importantes que pueden pulirse y hacer un gran equipo pero pienso que su primera convocatoria faltaron algunos de esos elementos vitales como son el trio del PSV que gran trabajo estan haciendo y Locadia que es el delantero centro con mas calidad en estos momentos en Holanda, hay jugadores como Babel, Dost, luck de Jong, Bruma, Vomer, Janmaat no deberian de estar pienso que es una perdida de tiempo en construir una nueva naranja mecanica en convocar jugadores que no tienen avance alguno
Koeman tiene tiempo en hacer un gran equipo pero si convoca a los mismos fracasados no avanzaremos asi de esa forma, poe ejemplo falto otro elemento de calidad que no convoco a Wesley Hoet para que hablar de van Ginkel, Hendrix y Ramselaar y todavia estoy en duda si hubiera convocado a Frenkie de Jong si no se hubiera lesionado porque entonces le hubiera puesto la tapa del pomo.
No se como ustedes piensan pero la oranje empezo esta era nuevamente mal, la Oranje necesita cambios y una nueva generacion si le echamos mano a lo mismo seguiremos con los mismos resultados
Interesting. I like the idea of calling players such as Weghorst, De Roon, Bergwijn, and Hateboer. These friendlies can be used for experimentation quite frankly, given there is still about a year before Euro 2020 qualifiers begin.
Not calling Veltman already shows that Koeman is a bit sharper than the previous 2 managers. I understand the decision for Sneijder to retire, but it would have been nice to give him a testimonial / farewell match and the home friendly against Engalnd would have been ideal for that.
I think Weghorst, Bergwijn, de Roon and Hateboer all deserve to be there. Veltman is still an RCB he’s best in a back three. But if you’re not going to set up like that then don’t bother calling him up. Pieters should still be given a shot. I like the competition with the keepers. I think Locadia deserves to be there though and hopefully Klaassen gets out of England and goes to Germany or maybe Spain or Italy so he gets a chance to be called up again.