New Netherlands coach, Ronald Koeman, on Wednesday named a 33-man preliminary squad for this month’s friendlies against England and Portugal.
The call-ups included a first one for Justin Kluivert whose father Patrick was a national team stalwart.
The Ajax Amsterdam teenager was one of seven players to receive a first call-up as new coach, Koeman, refreshes the squad after taking over last month.
His employment followed the country’s failure to qualify for this year’s World Cup in Russia.
The first-timers include: Italian-based midfielder, Hans Hateboer, Ruud Vormer from Belgian league leaders, Bruges and Steven Bergwijn of Dutch frontrunners, PSV Eindhoven.
AZ Alkmaar trio, Marco Bizot, Gus Til and Wout Weghorst were also included for the first time.
Koeman has kept faith with Manchester United’s versatile, Daley Blind, in spite of a lack of recent game time and recalled fellow defender, Jeffrey Bruma, after a long injury lay-off.
The new coach toured top Dutch clubs last week and also went to see leading players, Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder, before making the squad announcement.
Sneijder called time on his international career at the start of the week while Robben did so last year.
The Dutch host Russia-bound England in Amsterdam on March 23 and Portugal in Geneva three days later.
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