Xavi Hernández has called up Sunderland‘s Brian Brobbey for the Netherlands’ fixtures in November despite Régis Le Bris asking to leave him out of the squad. The Spaniard took over from Ronald Koeman in August. A month later, he included…
Sunderland forward Brian Brobbey and Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk have withdrawn from the Netherlands squad for November's UEFA Nations League fixtures due to fitness issues. Netherlands manager Xavi Hernández initially called up Brobbey despite Sunderland boss Régis Le Bris requesting that the striker be rested following a prior injury layoff.
The Dutch national team confirmed via an official statement that both players failed to return fit from their weekend club matches. Xavi stated he had not spoken directly with Le Bris beforehand and has decided not to call up replacements for either player ahead of matches against Greece and Germany.
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