Barcelona Star Frenkie De Jong to Miss Euro 2024 for Netherlands Due to Lingering Harm

(Photo : ANDER GILLENEA/AFP by way of Getty Images) TOPSHOT – Barcelona’s Dutch midfielder (#21) Frenkie De Jong was injured through the Spanish league soccer match between Athletic Club Bilbao and FC Barcelona on the San Mames stadium in Bilbao on March 3, 2024.

The Netherlands nationwide crew has been dealt a big blow forward of the UEFA Euro 2024 event, scheduled to start on Friday, June 14.

FC Barcelona star Frenkie De Jong, extensively thought to be among the finest midfielders on the earth, will probably be unable to symbolize the Dutch crew resulting from a persistent ankle damage.

The 27-year-old continues to be recovering from the correct ankle damage that sidelined him for many of Barcelona’s last months of the season.

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“He won’t be fit enough to play at this level for the next three weeks. There’s no point keeping him with us,” Netherlands supervisor Ronald Koeman mentioned.

De Jong expressed his willingness to take a danger to hitch the Dutch nationwide crew for the European Championship, however his major focus is on stopping his ankle damage from turning into continual.

Frenkie De Jong’s longstanding ankle damage

De Jong injured his proper ankle throughout an away La Liga match in opposition to Athletic Bilbao in early March.

The Dutchman returned in mid-April within the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals in opposition to PSG earlier than reinjuring the identical ankle in his third sport again throughout their El Clásico league matchup in opposition to Real Madrid on April 21.

“We’ve been doing a lot of [work] in the past few weeks, but my ankle needs more time unfortunately,” the midfielder mentioned in an Instagram submit in Dutch.