National coach Ronald Koeman will also not be able to call on goalkeeper Mark Fleken and striker Noa Lang in the upcoming matches with France and Greece in the European Championship qualification.
Koeman has added Feyenoord player Calvin Stengs and goalkeeper Andries Noppert from SC Heerenveen to his selection. He is also missing important players such as Frenkie de Jong, Memphis Depay, Cody Gakpo and Matthijs de Ligt. Sven Botman and Justin Bijlow are also missing, as is the long-injured Jurriën Timber.
Steven Berghuis has not yet unsubscribed. He was missing from Ajax’s lost home match with AZ on Sunday.
The Dutch national team will host France in De Kuip on October 13. Three days later, Greece is the opponent in the OPAP Arena in Athens. France is the leader in group B of the European Championship qualification with a full score of 15 points from five matches. The Dutch team follows with 9 points from four matches. Greece has collected 9 points in five matches. The best two national teams from the group qualify directly for the European Championships in Germany.