Frank de Boer has no place for Kevin Strootman in the selection of the Dutch national team for the upcoming international matches with Spain (November 11), Bosnia and Herzegovina (November 15) and Poland (November 18). Hans Kraay junior thinks it is only logical that the midfielder of Olympique Marseille has passed, despite the fact that Strootman has been a fixed value in the Orange selection for years.

“I think it is very right that Kevin Strootman has dropped out of the Dutch national team”, says Kraay junior on Sunday morning. Good morning Eredivisie from FOX Sports. “Because he does not play at Olympique Marseille and it has been a match or 28 with the Orange. He was apparently so important for the dressing room. But if you don’t play, you are not important for the dressing room, are you? It is very good that Frank de Boer did that, “said the astonished reporter.

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Fellow analyst Marciano Vink agrees with Kraay junior’s statement. “I can’t do anything with that either. I hear it often that someone is important for the dressing room while he is not playing. I don’t understand that. Hou would be important for the reserves, but I think Virgil van Dijk is there as captain. enough for, to keep those players on their toes. One word is enough, you don’t need one whole player for that. “

At the announcement of the selection on Friday, De Boer explained why Strootman was not called up. “His situation at Marseille is not really rosy”, said De Boer in a video item from the KNVB. “I don’t think he is satisfied either, that he may have played one half in total in ten games. That is not good for the Dutch national team, but certainly not for him. I already said at the time: if the situation does not change, then I will choose other people. At the moment that situation has not changed. I also called him two days ago, with the message that I am currently choosing others. But that does not mean that I loses sight of him, I hope the situation changes. “