Cody Gakpo out of Netherlands squad with ankle injury

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gakpo-cody/pWyuBud0/"]Gakpo[/a], who ‌has scored 25 times in ‌56 appearances for the Dutch, hurt his ankle in Sunday’s ‌2-1 win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/serbia/8Kl6iq0i/"]Serbia[/a] in ⁠Belgrade, ‌going off after 17 minutes of ​the Nations League clash following a strong challenge ​by Sasa Lukic.[/p][p]The KNVB said he would return to his ⁠club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] ​and new coach Xavi Hernandez would not call up a replacement.[/p][embed guid="afef474c-2b75-47fa-93d4-e9056896e8f6" url="https://x.com/LFC/status/2104557790962339880" social-type="twitter" /][p]Gakpo netted the late ‌equaliser in last week’s 1-1 Nations League draw with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/germany/ptQide1O/"]Germany[/a], which was the first game since the World Cup for the Nethelrands and a debut for Xavi.[/p][p]The Dutch play [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/greece/COuk57Ci/"]Greece[/a] in Thessaloniki on Thursday ‌followed by a home ​clash against Serbia in Eindhoven ‌on Sunday.[/p][p]Gakpo misses a return to the Philips Stadion where he played for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psv/M9UEHJWi/"]PSV Eindhoven[/a] before moving to the Premier ⁠League.[/p][infobox id="5a8fbd57-e97c-4bdc-9f6b-fb0fb254e893" /]