Frank de Boer already knows to a large extent what his final 26-man European Championship selection will look like. The national coach has Sunday evening with the television program Humberto let them know that he still has doubts about ‘two or three’ players. De Boer did not want to confirm that Teun Koopmeiners, Cody Gakpo and Jurriën Timber will go to the European Championship. The three players are not eligible for the Dutch Junior Team if they are among the dropouts in the selection of the Dutch national team. He also discussed his decision not to include his son-in-law Calvin Stengs in the pre-selection.
“I have a large part in my head,” said De Boer on Sunday evening. “You always have some questions and doubts, but there won’t be many. Two or three players. ” Koopmeiners, Gakpo and Timber belong to the 34-strong pre-selection. In any case, Jong Oranje coach Erwin van de Looi cannot have them at their disposal, as he will release his final European Championship selection earlier than De Boer. The national coach indicates that the three are aware of this and. “I determine that, because the big the Dutch is of course the most important.”
De Boer emphasizes that he has not promised the trio a final place in the 26-man European Championship selection. “No, I certainly did not say that,” said the trainer. The fact that the trio may not take action at all if De Boer does not take them to the European Championship has played no role in his decision to include them in the pre-selection. Presenter Humberto Tan draws the conclusion that Timber, Gakpo and Koopmeiners are going to the European Championship. De Boer doesn’t let go of anything: “You may think so. There are still one, two or three question marks. ”
The decision not to include Ryan Babel in his pre-selection led to questions from Tan. “I have many choices regarding his position,” explained De Boer. “Before that I didn’t want to move too much in the selection because I had just arrived and you don’t want to upset the group. I try to make the best choices and Ryan does not fit in with that at the moment, ”said the national coach, who indicates that Arjen Robben has never been an option for him towards the European Championship. “He hasn’t played for a year and a half or two. He hasn’t even played ninety minutes once. ”
He had known for some time that De Boer would not include his son-in-law Calvin Stengs in his European Championship selection. “That was not easy. My wife had known for a while. He had been asking for a while: What are you gonna do with him? That is quite difficult, my wife is more into it than I am. Of course, it certainly affects you personally. But I never find that difficult professionally, to be honest. ”
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