Frank de Boer has not called up Quincy Promes for the next three international matches in the World Cup qualifying cycle for the final tournament in Qatar. The national coach of the Dutch national team indicates that the 29-year-old wing striker of Spartak Moscow has lost the competition for now in his position.
“We are now shortly before the European Championship”, says De Boer in the press release of the KNVB. “That means that all players from the preliminary selection remain in the picture with us, even if they are not in the final group. That applies to Quincy Promes, for example, which I have not selected now. choose others right now. “
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De Boer emphasizes that his choice not to select Promes was made on sporting grounds. “Of course I know the stories around him, but for me there is only one thing: you are innocent in the Netherlands until proven otherwise,” said De Boer. “So I treat him like everyone else.” Promes loses out to attackers Ryan Babel, Steven Berghuis, Steven Bergwijn, Memphis Depay, Luuk de Jong, Donyell Malen and Calvin Stengs, who have been selected.
In the goal, De Boer prefers Maarten Stekelenburg. The Ajax goalkeeper is back with the Dutch for the first time in three and a half years. “Marco Bizot also remains in the picture”, says De Boer, who also dropped FC Twente goalkeeper Joël Drommel from the pre-selection. “I brought Maarten Stekelenburg into the group, so that I can see him at work for ten days. Now it is about World Cup qualification, but of course we are looking beyond just this week.”
The selection of Oranje:
Target: Jasper Cillessen (Valencia), Tim Krul (Norwich City), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax)
Defense: Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), Daley Blind (Ajax), Denzel Dumfries (PSV), Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus), Jeremiah St. Juste (FSV Mainz 05), Kenny Tete (Fulham), Joël Veltman (Brighton & Hove Albion) ), Owen Wijndal (AZ)
Midfield: Donny van de Beek (Manchester United), Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax), Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona), Davy Klaassen (Ajax), Marten de Roon (Atalanta), Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool)
Attack: Ryan Babel (Galatasaray), Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord), Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham Hotspur), Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyon), Luuk de Jong (Sevilla), Donyell Malen (PSV), Calvin Stengs (AZ)