Dutch coach Foppe de Haan today named his eighteen players for the Olympics and Liverpool’s Ryan Babel is one of them. Rafa Benitez told the winger earlier not to go because it might ruin his chances of being a first team regular.
Babel was expected to be one of the stars of Euro 2008, but suffered an ankle injury that held him out of the tournament. However, he recovered from the injury in time to make it to the Olympics.
Other stars in the Dutch Olympic squad are Real Madrid ace Royston Drenthe, Evander Sno from Celtic, Ajax youngster Urby Emanuelson and Valecia midfielder Hedwiges Maduro.
PSV rebel Ismail Aissati was left out of the final team, as well as Feyenoord playmaker Luigi Bruins and Middlesborough signing Marvin Emnes.
Roy Makaay, Gerald Sibon and Kew Jaliens were selected as dispensation players.
Netherlands' Olympics Squad:
GK: Kenneth Vermeer, Piet Velthuizen
DEF: Kew Jaliens, Calvin Jong-a-Pin, Kees Luijkcx, Dirk Marcellis, Erik Pieters, Gianni Zuiverloon
MID: Otman Bakkal, Urby Emanuelson, Jonathan de Guzman, Hedwiges Maduro, Evander Sno
ATT: Roy Beerens, Ryan Babel, Royston Drenthe, Roy Makaay, Gerald Sibon.
Babel was expected to be one of the stars of Euro 2008, but suffered an ankle injury that held him out of the tournament. However, he recovered from the injury in time to make it to the Olympics.
Other stars in the Dutch Olympic squad are Real Madrid ace Royston Drenthe, Evander Sno from Celtic, Ajax youngster Urby Emanuelson and Valecia midfielder Hedwiges Maduro.
PSV rebel Ismail Aissati was left out of the final team, as well as Feyenoord playmaker Luigi Bruins and Middlesborough signing Marvin Emnes.
Roy Makaay, Gerald Sibon and Kew Jaliens were selected as dispensation players.
Netherlands' Olympics Squad:
GK: Kenneth Vermeer, Piet Velthuizen
DEF: Kew Jaliens, Calvin Jong-a-Pin, Kees Luijkcx, Dirk Marcellis, Erik Pieters, Gianni Zuiverloon
MID: Otman Bakkal, Urby Emanuelson, Jonathan de Guzman, Hedwiges Maduro, Evander Sno
ATT: Roy Beerens, Ryan Babel, Royston Drenthe, Roy Makaay, Gerald Sibon.
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