FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Semi Final Second Leg - Manchester City v Paris St Germain - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - May 4, 2021 Manchester City's Nathan Ake during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Phil Noble
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Forward Steven Bergwijn was dropped on Wednesday as Netherlands coach Frank de Boer finalised his 26-man squad for next month’s European Championship, axing eight players from a preliminary squad named earlier this month.
A lack of playing time at Tottenham Hotspur for 23-year-old Bergwijn over the final months of the Premier League looked to have cost him the chance of making the selection as De Boer chose instead the uncapped Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven in his list of strikers.
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