Xavi on Choosing Oranje Squad: Not Calling up Depay Was the Hardest Decision
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Xavi on choosing Oranje squad: not calling up Depay was the hardest decision
During the press conference on Monday, new national team coach Xavi Hernández commented on the recent national team squad selection. According to Xavi, the most difficult choice regarding the squad formation was not calling up Memphis Depay. He also confirmed that, despite rumors of departure, Virgil van Dijk will remain the captain.
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Xavi believes he has a well-balanced squad for his first four international matches as head coach of the Netherlands. He considered his conversation with Memphis Depay, who was not called up, his most difficult decision to date. The door remains open for the striker, just as Luciano Valente is also in the picture, the Spaniard said at a press conference in Zeist.
Xavi refrains from Depay Memphis Depay was not nominated by Xavi for his first squad for the September-October national game phase of the Dutch national team. The 32-year-old is among other things the match against Germany (...)
ZEIST (ANP) - Memphis Depay has a chance to win a place in the Dutch team. That's what national coach Xavi Hernández said at a press conference in Zeist on Monday. Xavi did not call Depay for Orange's next four international matches. “The hardest part was talking to Memphis. I know him and I'm a good fan...
Xavi Hernández calls the conversation with Memphis Depay his most difficult decision as head coach of the Netherlands. Nevertheless, the door for a return remains emphatically open.
THE HAGUE – New Netherlands coach Xavi Hernandez has made a bold decision to leave out the country's all-time leading scorer Memphis Depay from his 26-man squad for the Nations League (UNL). Depay, 32, who currently plays for Brazilian club Corinthians, has scored 55 goals in 112 international appearances, but his name is not included in the squad ...
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