Netherlands announce initial 34-man squad for Euro 2020 | OneFootball

Frank de Boer has named his preliminary Netherlands squad for this summer’s European Championship.

The most notable absentee is Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk, who had been at the centre of a tug-of-war over his involvement between club and country.

But he ruled himself out of contention in the preliminary group chosen by De Boer, who has picked an initial 34-man squad.

It is as follows:

Goalkeepers

Tim Krul (Norwich), Jasper Cillessen (Valencia), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Marco Bizot (AZ)

Defenders

Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus), Daley Blind (Ajax), Jurriën Timber (Ajax), Joël Veltman (Brighton), Denzel Dumfries (PSV), Stefan de Vrij (Inter), Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), Nathan Aké (Manchester City), Owen Wijndal (AZ), Rick Karsdorp (Roma), Hans Hateboer (Atalanta), Kenny Tete (Fulham), Jeremiah St. Juste (Mainz)

Midfielders

Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona), Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax), Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), Donny van de Beek (Manchester United), Marten de Roon (Atalanta), Davy Klaassen (Ajax), Teun Koopmeiners (AZ), Tonny Vilhena (Krasnodar)

Forwards

Memphis (Lyon), Luuk de Jong (Sevilla), Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg), Quincy Promes (Spartak), Donyell Malen (PSV), Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham), Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), Cody Gakpo (PSV), Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord)

De Boer will narrow the group down to his final 26 by June 1, with the staff and players set to leave for Portugal this weekend for phase two of their training camp.