NETHERLANDS coach Louis van Gaal(pix) surprised on Friday with the selection of five new players as he named a preliminary 32-man squad for Nations League games against Poland and Belgium.
At the same time, it also offers some insight into his thinking in terms of selection for the World Cup finals in Qatar, where he will be allowed to take 26 players.
Brian Brobbey, Andries Noppert, Pascal Struijk, Kenneth Taylor and Joey Veerman are all named for the first time.
Brobbey and Taylor have been regulars since the start of the new season for Ajax Amsterdam and Veerman has stared for PSV Eindhoven. Both clubs have made a 100% start to the new Dutch league season.
Goalkeeper Noppert recently signed for Heerenveen while Struijk plays in defence at Leeds United.
Van Gaal will trim the squad next Friday ahead of the matches in Warsaw on Sept. 22 and Amsterdam, where they host their Belgian neighbours, on Sept. 25. The Dutch top their Nations League group with 10 points from four games.-Reuters
