The captain of Belgium, Kevin de Bruyneand his reference striker, Romelu Lukakuhas resigned over the call for the Red Devils’ matches against France and Italy, but it is a stoppage and the two players are not leaving their national team, Belgian newspapers ‘Le Soir’ and ‘Sudpresse’ reported.
Lukaku, 31, missed the final call at the start of September as he switched teams in those days, from Chelsea to Naples. Coach Domenico Tedesco said at the time that he was counting on Belgium’s all-time top scorer for the future.
Belgium beat Israel 3-1 and lost against France 2-0 in the Nations League, the same competition in which Belgium should face Italy, on October 10 in Rome, and against France, the 14 in Brussels. De Bruyne, who is 33 years old and was involved in those matches, was furious after the game against France at the poor performance of Tedesco’s team and even said that some of his team-mates had not done the their work in the field.
The local newspaper fears that De Bruyne will decide to leave the national team, as his other teammates from the “golden generation” of Belgian football such as Eden Hazard (33), Jan Vertonghen (37) and Thibault Courtois ( 32) has something done, although the latter is ready to return if the coach changes.
However, De Bruyne’s absence is largely due to the fact that he was injured two weeks ago in the Champions League and the midfielder and the forward have spoken to Tedesco in recent weeks and within the Federation they are convinced that both of them will continue in the national. team until the next World Cup in 2026, according to the local newspaper.
Source: La Verdad
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