Netherlands midfielder Teun Koopmeiners was expected to star for his country at Euro 2024, but instead is left rueing a nightmare injury that has ruled him out of the tournament.
Koopmeiners was an integral figure as Atalanta secured their first-ever European trophy this term, beating Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa Conference League final last month.
With Ronald Koeman already missing Barcelona s Frenkie de Jong for the upcoming tournament in Germany, the Netherlands boss was dealt another blow on Tuesday.
Koopmeiners took to Instagram to confirm his absence for UEFA s 17th edition of their flagship competition after his injury in Monday s warm-up victory over Iceland.
What should have been a wonderful month has unfortunately turned into a nightmare, wrote Koopmeiners.
With great disappointment and sadness, I heard the results of the tests. Unfortunately, they found I have no possibility of participating in the European Championship 2024.
Playing for the Dutch team at a finals tournament and with such a great squad would have been a great honour.
From now on, like the rest of the Oranje fans, I will encourage and support the team on their way to a great tournament!
