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Nigeria suffers setback as Joshua Zirkzee joins Netherlands' Euro 2024 squad

Posted : 13 June 2024

The future international status of Bayern Munich academy graduate Joshua Zirkzee may soon be determined, possibly by Sunday, June 16.


The Royal Dutch Football Association announced on Wednesday that the Bologna striker received a last-minute call-up to the Netherlands squad for the 2024 European Championship.


Zirkzee's inclusion comes in response to injury setbacks affecting Teun Koopmeiners and Frenkie de Jong, leading to their withdrawal from the final squad.


Ajax Amsterdam forward Brian Brobbey is uncertain for the Netherlands' opening match against Poland, having left training due to hamstring concerns on Wednesday.


Despite a clean MRI scan, coach Ronald Koeman prefers not to risk Brobbey's fitness and has given Zirkzee the spot vacated by Koopmeiners.


If he makes his senior debut against Poland at Hamburg's Volksparkstadion on Sunday, the 23-year-old, who is eligible for the Super Eagles through his mother, will be permanently tied to the Netherlands.


Zirkzee was provisionally cap-tied to the European nation after appearing in a European U17 Championship qualifier against Hungary in October 2017.


During Gernot Rohr's tenure as coach of the Super Eagles, Zirkzee caught the attention of the Nigeria Football Federation. Rohr personally scouted him during his Bundesliga debut against Hoffenheim in February 2020, but attempts to persuade the dual-national to switch allegiance from the Netherlands to Nigeria were unsuccessful.


Cutting short his vacation in the United States, Zirkzee will join the Netherlands squad at their training camp in Wolfsburg on Thursday.

 

 

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