Jurrien Timber to miss the World Cup after failing to recover from groin injury

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/timber-jurrien/hSaoLOM4/"]Jurrien Timber[/a] suffered a groin injury in March and has missed significant time since. The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] defender featured in the UEFA Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain, but will miss the FIFA World Cup, as the KNVB confirmed on Monday.[/p][p][b]"The 24-year-old defender has not recovered sufficiently from a groin injury to take part in the World Cup in a medically responsible manner," [/b]the football association said in a statement posted on social media.[/p][p][b]"In consultation with the medical staff, it has therefore been decided that Timber will leave the national team’s pre-camp in New York after the game against Uzbekistan."[/b][/p][embed guid="845a544f-2c04-4d59-b651-c717899dfff0" url="https://x.com/OnsOranje/status/2064038072455495714?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][h2]Geertruida called up[/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sunderland/WSzc94ws/"]Sunderland[/a] defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/geertruida-lutsharel/zwx6dFjk/"]Lutsharel Geertruida[/a], who was placed on the standby list by manager Ronald Koeman, has been called up to the 26-man squad as Timber's replacement.[/p][p]Geertruida, a 21-time Netherlands international, also played in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/netherlands/WYintcWb/"]the Netherlands[/a]' friendly against Algeria on Wednesday, June 3rd, despite not being named to the initial 26-man squad.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Aston Villa[/a] left-back [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/maatsen-ian/nPiZrgf3/"]Ian Maatsen[/a] is the last remaining player on stand-by.[/p][p]The Netherlands play [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/uzbekistan/EZYKKRMc/"]Uzbekistan[/a] in a friendly in New York City on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/netherlands-WYintcWb/uzbekistan-EZYKKRMc/?mid=Eo8XRPwQ"]Monday, June 8th, at 20.45 CEST[/a].[/p][image alt="Lutsharel Geertruida has been called up as Timber's replacement" id="d3a1fc90-f491-4bac-99b6-7e958506ab44" credit-line="Photo by STEFAN KOOPS / NURPHOTO / NURPHOTO VIA AFP" guid="83e3519c-ff89-4de8-a2b8-c6ce37dbbc5c" original-width="5315" original-height="3543" /]