After confirming that they will not be able to rely on the services of Frenkie De Jong at Euro 2024, with the midfielder failing to recover in time from an ankle injury sustained against Barcelona on April 21, the Netherlands announced that they will not neither will Teun Koopmeiners.
The latter was scheduled as a starter for the friendly against Iceland, but a problem during the warm-up minutes forced the technician to put the Atalanta player on the bench. Koeman said that he was very afraid of the midfielder's condition and in fact the worst happened.
"I think that all these injuries are the result of very busy calendars during the season. Poland also has a problem with Lewandowski, it seems to me, I have the impression that such injuries will happen often during the tournament", said Koeman, who after the injuries of De Jong and Koopmeiners, collected Ian Maatsen, the player owned by Chelsea, in the national team. who is on loan at Dortmund.
The Netherlands is part of Group D along with France, Poland and Austria.