Netherlands will be without Erik Pieters, Ron Vlaar, Daryl Janmaat and Jurgen Locadia for their friendly matches versus France and England after the quartet withdrew due to injury.
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Pieters, Vlaar, Janmaat and Locadia out for Netherlands
Erik Pieters, Ron Vlaar, Daryl Janmaat and Jurgen Locadia have pulled out of the Netherlands squad to face France and England.
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Stoke City full-back Pieters and AZ centre-back Vlaar both have calf problems, while fellow defender Janmaat of Newcastle United is struggling with a knee complaint.
PSV forward Locadia has an injured ankle and coach Danny Blind has added uncapped 21-year-old Feyenoord right-back Rick Karsdorp to a now reduced squad of 22 players.
Netherlands host France in Amsterdam on Friday before travelling to Wembley to take on England four days later.
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