Luuk de Jong, the former Sevilla and Barcelona striker and currently at PSV Eindhoven, announced that left the Netherlands team.
“I retired from international football. It has been a great honor. Thanks for all the memories Oranje”, Jong, 32, who made his debut with his national team on February 9, 2011 in a friendly match against Austria (3-1) at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, published in his social networks. replace Dirk Kuyt under Bert van Marwijk.
All in all, he participated 39 meetings, including one at the Qatar 2022 World Cup and the 2012 and 2020 Euro Cups, where he scored eight points.
“As always an honor so that I can be part of the Dutch national team. But now I feel it is the right time to make this decision, because it will start a new qualifying series for the European Championship this month. I want to fully focus on PSV in the coming years,” said De Jong.
Ronald Koeman, national coach, he already indicated surprised when the striker called him on Thursday to inform him of his decision. “But I understand he explained that he wants to concentrate one hundred percent on PSV. We will miss it. Both on the pitch and off it.”
Source: La Verdad
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