Thibaut Courtois, Real Madrid and Belgian Goalkeeper was not included in Belgium’s 25-member Squad for Euro 2024, which will be held in Germany on June 15.
Courtois suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury before the start of the season in August. However, he returned to the Los Blancos side against Cadiz this month. But he will not be a potential starter in the UEFA Champions League final, while Real Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund on June 2. Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti keeps faith in Andre Lunin, who is having an excellent performance in the absence of Thibaut Courtois.
As expected, Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne and Jeremy Doku, alongside Roma’s Romelu Lukaku and Arsenal’s Leandro Trossard got their names in the 25-member squad.
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Belgium Coach Domenico Tedesco also includes their most capped player Jan Vertonghen in the squad, who is now 36 years old.
Belgium will begin their Euro mission from Group E. Where they will face Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine.
Belgium’s 25-member Euro Squad:
Goalkeepers: Koen Casteels (VfL Wolfsburg), Thomas Kaminski (Luton Town), Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest)
Defenders: Timothy Castagne (Fulham), Maxim De Cuyper (Club Brugge), Zeno Debast (Anderlecht), Wout Faes (Leicester City), Thomas Meunier (Trabzonspor), Jan Vertonghen (Anderlecht), Arthur Theate (Stade Rennais), Axel Witsel (Atlético Madrid)
Midfielders: Yannick Carrasco (Al Shabab), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Orel Mangala (Lyon), Amadou Onana (Everton), Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), Arthur Vermeeren (Atlético Madrid), Aster Vranckx (vfL Wolfsburg)
Forwards: Johan Bakayoko (PSV Eindhoven), Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), Jeremy Doku (Manchester City), Romelu Lukaku (Roma), Dodi Lukebakio (Sevilla), Lois Openda (RB Leipzig), Leandro Trossard (Arsenal).
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