# Netherlands lose Van Dijk and Brobbey for Nations League games

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/netherlands-lose-van-dijk-and-brobbey-for-nations-league-games/
- Published: 2026-11-09T17:56:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T20:50:16+00:00
- Original publisher: CNA (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/netherlands-lose-van-dijk-and-brobbey-nations-league-games-6536781
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Van Dijk and Brobbey are unfit for the Netherlands’ final group games.
- The Netherlands will keep a 23-player squad, with no replacements.
- Greece visit Amsterdam on Friday before the Netherlands travel to Germany.

## Summary

Virgil van Dijk and Brian Brobbey have withdrawn from the Netherlands squad for their final two Nations League group matches because they are not fit, the Dutch football association said. Their absence leaves the team without its captain and a striker as it prepares to face Greece and Germany.

Both players appeared for their clubs on Sunday, but neither is available for international duty. Van Dijk has played every minute of Liverpool’s Premier League season so far, and his previous Netherlands appearance was his 100th cap. Brobbey was injured in the opening Nations League match against Germany in September and has missed the subsequent games; no replacements have been called up, leaving a 23-player squad.

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