After more than two years, Joey Veerman back in the Netherlands squad | OneFootball

The Nations League returns on September 24 (8:45 p.m.) with a traditionally prestigious clash between neighbors as the Netherlands face Germany at Amsterdam’s Johan Cruijff ArenA. After new Germany head coach Jürgen Klopp named a mammoth 44-man squad on Thursday for his first four internationals, Xavi, who is also about to make his debut as national team coach, has now announced his first squad as well.

And just as Borussia Dortmund is represented in the Germany squad by Felix Nmecha, Nico Schlotterbeck, and Waldemar Anton, the Dutch squad also includes a BVB player. Alongside several established names around captain Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool FC), as well as newcomers Gjivai Zechiel (Feyenoord Rotterdam) and Ruben van Bommel (PSV Eindhoven), Xavi has also called up Joey Veerman to his 26-man squad.

Veerman, who only moved from PSV Eindhoven to BVB in mid-August for around €22 million, had not been considered by Xavi’s predecessor Ronald Koeman since Euro 2024 and can now hope for his 17th international cap. The opportunity will come not only in the clash with Germany, but also in further matches during this now longer international window: away to Serbia (27/09), away to Greece (1/10), and at home against Serbia (4/10).

Six competitive appearances for BVB so far

After Veerman was sent off early in the Dutch Super Cup against AZ Alkmaar (0-4) and then played the full 90 minutes for PSV Eindhoven in their 2-1 away win at Excelsior Rotterdam on August 15, the 27-year-old midfielder has so far made six appearances for BVB—apparently enough for Xavi to hand him a call-up.

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After initially making three substitute appearances in the Super Cup against Bayern Munich (1-2) and on the first two Bundesliga matchdays, as well as playing the full 90 minutes in the DFB-Pokal against HEBC Hamburg (5-0), Veerman was recently in BVB coach Niko Kovac’s starting lineup both for the 3-2 win over Villarreal in their opening Champions League match and for last weekend’s 3-0 victory over SC Paderborn.

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