Bologna top goalscorer Joshua Zirkzee will not feature at the EURO 2024 tournament in Germany this summer after being left off Netherlands provisional 30-man list.
On Thursday several international sides like France and Germany, as well as the aforementioned Netherlands, released their provisional squads.
Though the Netherlands have issued an initial 30-player squad, which will need to be trimmed down to 26 for the final tournament, Zirkzee has not made the cut.
Among notable names who made the provisional squad are Virgil Van Dijk, Cody Gakpo, Daley Blind, Frenkie De Jong, Denzel Dumfries and Nathan Ake.
Zirkzee, 22, has been one of Bologna’s key players during the 2023-24 season, in what will go down as an historic campaign.
Bologna secured a spot in the final edition of the Champions League for the first time since the competition’s inception.
Zirkzee has scored 11 goals and provided five further assists for his teammates across 34 matches in Serie A this campaign.
For large parts of the season, reports have suggested that Zirkzee is ready to step up to a ‘big’ club this summer, with Milan rumoured to be the most interested party in Italy.
The player reportedly has a €40m release clause in his contract. Though some understood that clause to be valid only for his former club Bayern Munich, it has since been clarified that the Bavarians have the first right of refusal, and that the clause is in fact valid for all clubs.
Born in the Netherlands to a Dutch father and a Nigerian mother, Zirkzee has only featured for the junior Orange side.
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