Man City star Vivianne Miedema has withdrawn from the Netherlands squad due to a fitness issue, just a month before the European Championship begins.
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Miedema withdraws from Netherlands squadComes after season ended early with injuryEuro 2025 is just one month awayFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
Miedema has had a tough time with injuries as of late, beginning with a devastating ACL rupture suffered in December 2022. She's had two more subsequent knee surgeries and then, just as she was hitting a rich vein of form, saw her 2024-25 Women's Super League season end early because of a hamstring issue.
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However, Netherlands boss Andries Jonker called the forward into his squad for this international break, as the Dutch prepared to face Germany and then Scotland in their final two group games in the Nations League. The first game came on Friday, with Miedema not included in the matchday squad for a 4-0 loss, and the 28-year-old has now withdrawn from the camp altogether ahead of the clash with Scotland on Tuesday.
WHAT THE NETHERLANDS SAID
A statement released by the Netherlands team on Monday simply read: "Vivianne Miedema is not fit enough to take part in the match against Scotland on Tuesday. She has left the training camp."
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The news will be of concern to fans of the Netherlands, as it comes exactly a month before Euro 2025 begins. The Dutch are in a very difficult group, with France, England and Wales, and will hope their talismanic forward is available to help them progress to the knockout stages when the tournament comes along.
