Ryan Babel is not in the pre-selection of the Dutch national team. The attacker of Galatasaray always belonged to the team of national coach Frank de Boer, but does not have to report for the three-day training camp on Monday 24 May. De Boer has already decided that he will not include the 69-time international in the final selection and therefore considered it ‘inappropriate’ to include him in the provisional group.
“It has certainly been difficult choices, especially on a personal level,” says De Boer, as he continues Our the Dutch is asked about the lack of players like Ryan Babel and Kevin Strootman. “I have always worked fantastic with Ryan, also in my time as an Ajax coach. I have of course worked a little less with Kevin. I know that Ryan was really looking forward to the tournament and perhaps saw it as his last trick. That’s why I did that. kind of guys call with the message that there is no room for them in the selection. “
“As a result, I did not put him in the preliminary selection. I have actually already made my choice a bit. So to tell him after the training that he is not there, did not seem appropriate for him”, said De Boer. who can select 26 players at the European Championship instead of 23. “On the one hand, it is a disadvantage, because you have to keep more boys happy. It is already difficult to use twelve boys as a reserve, now there are even more. But we also know that some guys can get injured. Then you can just sidetrack that kid and pick another guy. Besides, we’re in a pandemic. Suppose there’s a small outbreak, you can probably fill that up well. In that respect it is beneficial. “
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