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National coach Frank de Boer has announced the preliminary selection of the Orange squad for the friendly against Spain and the Nations League duels with Bosnia-Herzegovina and Poland. The selection has 34 names, including Daley Sinkgraven. Bayer Leverkusen’s left back has never been included in a (pre) selection of the Orange squad before.

The final selection of De Boer will be announced on Friday, November 6, the KNVB announced. The Dutch will play against Spain on Wednesday, November 11 and Bosnia-Herzegovina four days later. Those matches are both played in the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam. An away game against Poland awaits on Wednesday, November 18.

Sinkgraven is the only debutant in the selection, which also includes Patrick van Aanholt. The left back of Crystal Palace was not in the 38-man pre-selection last month for the matches against Bosnia-Herzegovina (0-0) and Italy (1-1). Davy Klaassen of Ajax then returned after three years and is now part of De Boer’s selection again.

The full pre-selection:
Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), Nathan Aké (Manchester City), Ryan Babel (Galatasaray), Donny van de Beek (Manchester United), Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord), Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham Hotspur), Marco Bizot (AZ), Justin Bijlow (Feyenoord), Daley Blind (Ajax), Jasper Cillessen (Valencia), Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyon), Javairô Dilrosun (Hertha BSC), Denzel Dumfries (PSV), Hans Hateboer (Atalanta Bergamo), Mohamed Ihattaren (PSV), Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona), Luuk de Jong (Sevilla), Davy Klaassen (Ajax), Teun Koopmeiners (AZ), Tim Krul (Norwich City), Donyell Malen (PSV), Quincy Promes (Ajax), Marten de Roon (Atalanta Bergamo), Pablo Rosario (PSV), Perr Schuurs (Ajax), Daley Sinkgraven (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Calvin Stengs (AZ), Kevin Strootman (Olympique Marseille), Joël Veltman (Brighton & Hove Albion), Tonny Vilhena (Krasnodar) , Stefan de Vrij (Inter), Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg), Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) and Owen Wijndal (AZ).