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An ongoing wounded to Arsenal's Jurrien Timber was replaced connected the Netherlands' FIFA World Cup 2026 roster by Sunderland's Lutsharel Geertruida.
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A groin wounded suffered successful March forced Timber to miss respective months of the home season. Although the defender played 55 minutes for Arsenal successful the Champions League last against Paris Saint-Germain connected May 30, the Netherlands unit determined helium was not acceptable capable for the World Cup.
"The 24-year-old defender has not recovered sufficiently from a groin wounded to instrumentality portion successful the World Cup successful a medically liable manner," the Dutch squad said successful a connection Monday (June 8, 2026). "In consultation with the aesculapian staff, it has truthful been decided that Timber volition leave the nationalist team's pre-camp successful New York aft the crippled against Uzbekistan."
Timber scored 4 goals and added 7 assists successful 44 appearances for Arsenal arsenic the squad won the Premier League rubric and went connected to the Champions League and League Cup finals.
After being substituted successful the archetypal fractional of a March 14 triumph implicit Everton, Timber's lone further quality was the Champions League final. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta told reporters earlier the last that Timber was acceptable and disposable to start.
Timber has made 23 appearances for the Netherlands, astir precocious successful November 2025.
Along with his duplicate brother, Quinten, who plays for Marseille, Jurrien was named to the Dutch squad connected May 26, 2026, which they celebrated connected Instagram by posting, "We once prayed for moments similar this. Now we're surviving them together. Thank You, Jesus."
After their last warm-up crippled against Uzbekistan connected Monday, the Dutch squad volition caput to its basal campy successful Kansas City, Missouri. The squad opens their World Cup run connected June 14 against Japan successful Dallas, past plays Sweden connected June 20 successful Houston and Tunisia connected June 25 successful Kansas City.
