Joey Veerman is still missing from the Dutch Juniors at his own request

Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 10:23 PM

Joey Veerman is not part of the 36-man pre-selection of the Dutch Juniors for the European Championship in Hungary and Slovenia. The management of the 22-year-old midfielder is late Football International know that his situation is unchanged from the previous international match period. Then Veerman announced that he wanted to spend his time in international periods differently for private reasons.

National coach Erwin van de Looi received many questions in November about Veerman’s absence from the selection for the European Championship qualifying matches against Belarus and Portugal. “First of all, I would like to say that I think it is an honor to play for the Dutch Junior Team. For private reasons, I want to spend my time differently during the international periods for the time being. This is the reason that I was not called up ”, Veerman said on the website of his club sc Heerenveen at the time.

“I will focus on sc Heerenveen in the coming period and hope to be able and allowed to represent my country at a later time,” said Veerman. This situation has not changed now. “Joey Veerman is not in the pre-selection of the Juniors for the European Under-21 Championship”, writes Reon Boeringa, journalist of Football International, on Twitter. “When asked, his management states that the situation of the previous international match period – when he was not called up at his own request due to personal circumstances – is still valid.”

Veerman is entitled to play for the European Championship next summer, because players born after January 1, 1998 can participate. The Heerenveen midfielder was born on November 19, 1998. Van de Looi took Mohamed Ihattaren, Brian Brobbey and Devyne Rensch he does in his pre-selection for the European Championship, which will be finished in two parts. The group stage will be completed from 24 to 31 March. The final round is scheduled from May 31 to June 6.


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