‘Injured defender Martins Indi from AZ can forget about the World Cup’

Bruno Martins Indi will not go with the Orange to the World Cup in Qatar in November. The defender of AZ sustained an injury in the home match against Ajax (2-1) last week. National coach Louis van Gaal of the Dutch national team said on Sunday evening after the victory over Belgium in the Nations League (1-0) that Martins Indi is not fit in time.

Martins Indi was part of the selection eight years ago, when the Orange squad under the leadership of Van Gaal finished third in the World Cup in Brazil.

The selection of the Dutch national team for the upcoming World Cup may consist of 26 players. Van Gaal said after the game against Belgium that he now has ten names in mind of football players who will go along anyway, provided they are fit by then.