Soccer-Brentford’s Van den Berg gets first Dutch call-up


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Southampton v Brentford - St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, Britain - January 4, 2025 Brentford's Sepp van den Berg celebrates scoring a goal that was later disallowed Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley/File Photo

Nov 10 (Reuters) - Netherlands ⁠have called up uncapped defender Sepp ⁠van den Berg to their squad ‌for their Nations League matches against Greece and Germany, the Dutch football association said on Tuesday.

• The ​24-year-old, who is in his ⁠third season at ⁠Brentford, replaces captain Virgil vanDijk, who withdrew ⁠from the ‌squad on Monday.

• Van Dijk played in Liverpool's 3-1 win ⁠at Crystal Palace on Sunday, keeping up ​his ‌record of playing every minute in the ⁠Premier League ​this season, but a KNVB statement said he was not fit for the two ⁠internationals.

• Striker Brian Brobbey, who ​played for Sunderland in their 1-0 win over Chelsea on Sunday, also withdrew on Monday.

• ⁠The Dutch host Greece in a top-of-the-table Group A2 clash in Amsterdam on Friday before meeting Germany in Berlin on ​Monday.

• Netherlands have collected ⁠eight points from their first four matches ​and a win on Friday ‌would send them into ​the quarter-finals.

(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Ed Osmond)

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