"To join the squad at this stage of our preparations is not exactly ideal," he said in a statement issued by the Dutch football association KNVB after a reaction of disbelief to the decision in the media."I also have enough midfielders in my squad to absorb the blow. Of course, there can always be a situation where I change my mind, but at the moment I prefer to leave the squad as it is.
Van de Beek, 24, was ruled out earlier on Tuesday with an unspecified injury, leaving the Dutch with 25 players though 26 for are allowed.He did get some good news, however, as Matthijs de Ligt rejoined training on Tuesday. The 21-year-old central defender had a groin complaint and sat out Sunday’s warm-up friendly against Georgia and trained on his own on Monday.
He now has just days to prove his fitness before the Dutch open their campaign against the Ukraine in Amsterdam on Sunday.
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