Belgium coach Domenico Tedesco named his squad on Friday that can tackle Italy and France within the Nations League, with Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne lacking out by means of harm. The 33-year-old midfielder had left the query of his worldwide future considerably up within the air however informed Tedesco that he would nonetheless be accessible for choice for the subsequent two years. “I had a protracted phone discuss with Kevin the place, to start with, now he’s injured however normally he’s very motivated to proceed to be with us and to play additionally the World Cup,” mentioned the Italian coach.
“He requested me to be out for this camp and for the November camp to deal with his physique.”
Napoli star Romelu Lukaku’s identify was additionally lacking from the listing of 23 as Tedesco determined to relaxation the striker and permit him “to work individually” as he settles into life within the southern Italian membership, which he joined in late August.
Belgium will play Italy in Rome on October 10, earlier than travelling to Brussels to face France 4 days later.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Koen Casteels (Al Qadsiah/KSA), Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest/ENG), Maarten Vandevoordt (RB Leipzig/GER)
Defenders: Sebastiaan Bornauw (Wolfsburg/GER), Timothy Castagne (Fulham/ENG), Zeno Debast (Sporting Portugal/POR), Maxim De Cuyper (Club Bruges), Wout Faes (Leicester/ENG), Matte Smets (Genk), Arthur Theate (Eintracht Francfort/GER), Koni De Winter (Genoa/ITA)
Midfielders: Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta/ITA), Amadou Onana (Aston Villa/ENG), Orel Mangala (Lyon/FRA), Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa/ENG), Arne Engels (Celtic/SCO), Malick Fofana (Lyon/FRA)
Forwards: Johan Bakayoko (PSV/NED), Jeremy Doku (Manchester City/ENG), Dodi Lukebakio (Sevilla/ESP), Lois Openda (RB Leipzig/GER), Cyril Ngonge (Naples/ITA), Leandro Trossard (Arsenal/ENG)
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