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Thursday, August 9, 2001
Holland name Premiership stars in squad

Holland coach Louis van Gaal has included Premiership new boys Ruud van Nistelrooy, Boudewijn Zenden, Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Edwin van der Sar in his squad for next Wednesday's friendly against England at White Hart Lane.

Boudewijn Zenden
Zenden: New Chelsea boy likely to face his adopted country
(BenRadford/Allsport)
Van Nistelrooy, Manchester United's £18.5million signing from PSV Eindhoven, could well line up alongside Chelsea's Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.

Van Bronckhorst, an £8.5million signing by Arsenal from Rangers, and Zenden, who joined Chelsea from Barcelona in a £7.5million deal, could team up in midfield.

Van der Sar, who joined Premiership new boys Fulham from Juventus, wil compete with Liverpool's Sander Westerveld for the keeper's jersey.

Chelsea's Mario Melchiot completes the Premiership contingent and Bobby Petta's form for Scottish champions Celtic has earned him a place and the possibility of making his Holland debut against Sven-Goran Eriksson's men.

The former Feyenoord man, a goalscorer in Celtic's 3-1 win over Ajax in the Amsterdam ArenA last night, has previously been named by Van Gaal but was forced to miss out through injury.

Edgar Davids in included in the squad despite the midfielder's drugs ban.

Davids, suspended after testing positive for nandrolone last season, has been cleared to play in friendlies for club and country.

But the 28-year-old will not be available for the crucial World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland on September 1.

Barcelona defender Frank de Boer whose similar ban for testing positive for the steroid following a UEFA Cup game against Celta Vigo was reduced on appeal will play in Dublin and is also in the squad.

Squad: Van der Sar (Fulham), Westerveld (Liverpool), Waterreus (PSV), van Nistelroy & Stam (Man Utd), Kamphuis (Schalke), Davids (Juventus), Petta (Celtic), Hasselbaink, Melchiot & Zenden (Chelsea), Hofland & van Bommel (PSV), Kluivert, Cocu, Overmars, Reiziger & Frank de Boer (Barcelona), Paauwe & van Hooijdonk (Feyenoord), Landzaat (Willem II), Makaay (Deportivo la Coruna), van Bronckhorst (Arsenal).

 

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