Geertruida leaves the Netherlands squad injured
Lutsharel Geertruida is out of the Netherlands squad with a light injury and will not play against Serbia in the Nations League (1) (3) (7). He has already left the KNVB Campus and is returning to PSV (1) (7).
Xavi Hernández has called up no replacement (1). Geertruida misses the rest of this international period, and PSV get him back in Eindhoven (3).
Van Bommel's debut, and the €80m prediction
Ruben van Bommel marked his Netherlands debut with an outside-of-the-boot assist for Cody Gakpo's equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Germany (5). It came a year and three days after his ACL injury against Ajax (5).
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"Dat shirt ga ik inlijsten en een mooi plekje geven," he said afterwards (5).
Mike Verweij is not holding back. "60 miljoen is te weinig, hij gaat voor 80 miljoen weg bij PSV," he said in De Telegraaf's Kick-Off podcast, and he rates the 22-year-old above Cody Gakpo (2). Soccernews reports clubs across Europe are circling the PSV winger (8).
Johan Derksen went further still, comparing the assist to Cruijff, though with a caveat: "Cruijff was van buitenklasse, maar deze jongen..." (4).
Man scored, Romania lost
Dennis Man was on target for Romania, but it was not enough: Sweden 2–1 Romania in Nations League Division B (6) (10) (11). Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyökeres scored the goals that won it for Sweden (6).
France 1–0 Turkey, and Mbappé's injury
Kylian Mbappé scored the only goal as Zinedine Zidane won his France debut against Turkey, 1–0 (11). Mbappé also picked up an injury in the match (11).
PSV's market values are climbing
Transfermarkt's latest update has PSV squad values rising, with the biggest jumps for Ruben van Bommel and Noah Fernandez (9). Midfield and the flanks lead the increase, while the heart of the defence drops (9).
Fan reactions
PSV fans are loving the red-and-white link-up in Oranje, with Van Bommel's assist for Gakpo the clear talking point on r/PSV. One thread, titled "Rood-witte chemie in Oranje", sums up the mood.
