Ruud van Nistelrooy looks to have failed in his stated aim of playing in this summer's World Cup after being left out of of Holland's 26-man training squad.Van Nistelrooy, 33, retired from international football after Euro 2008, but hoped to force his way into coach Bert van Marwijk's plans after making himself available for international selection again. Indeed, his January move from Real Madrid to Hamburg was largely believed to have been in the pursuit of first-team football and goals to draw him into Van Marwijk's thinking.
Four goals in ten appearances, including a strike from the subs' bench at the weekend in Hamburg's 4-0 defeat of Nurnberg, represents a decent ratio yet was clearly not enough for the former Feyenoord coach.
Van Marwijk, who will meet his players in two separate two-day training camps next week, also opted not to call on players involved in the Champions League final.
That will mean Bayern Munich duo Arjen Robben and Mark van Bommel and Inter Milan's Wesley Sneijder will remain with their clubs.
Uncapped duo Jeremain Lens from AZ Alkmaar and Ajax's Vurnon Anita were given their first call-ups.
Van Marwijk will name his 30-man provisional squad for the World Cup on May 11.
Training squad: Sander Boschker (FC Twente), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Piet Velthuizen (Vitesse), Michel Vorm (FC Utrecht);
Khalid Boulahrouz (Stuttgart), Joris Mathijsen (Hamburg), Andre Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord), Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord);
Ibrahim Afellay (PSV Eindhoven), Vurnon Anita (Ajax), Otman Bakkal (PSV Eindhoven), Edson Braafheid (Celtic), Wout Brama (FC Twente), Demy de Zeeuw (Ajax), Orlando Engelaar (PSV Eindhoven), John Heitinga (Everton), Nigel de Jong (Manchester City), Stijn Schaars (AZ Alkmaar), David Mendes da Silva (AZ Alkmaar);
Ryan Babel (Liverpool), Eljero Elia (Hamburg), Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Jeremain Lens (AZ Alkmaar).
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=781286&cc=4716[ 本文被麥精在2010-05-04 21:43重新編輯 ]
