Belgium have announced their 24 man squad for Euro 2016, and it includes a dozen players from Premier League clubs such as Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Everton and Chelsea.
The Red Devils will be a force to be reckoned with at the 2016 European Championships as they boast of a squad brimming with talent individuals from some of Europe’s top football clubs.
Tottenham Hotspur have three of their stars in the Belgian national squad, midfielder Mousa Dembele and centre-backs Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld, the same number as Liverpool who have Christian Benteke, Divock Origi and Simon Mignolet. The Chelsea duo of Thibaut Courtois and Eden Hazard will join two former Blues in the form of Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne in the squad selected by Belgium manager Marc Wilmots. The Premier League dozen are rounded up by Manchester City youngster Jason Denayer and Manchester United’s Marouane Fellaini.
Tottenham’s Nacer Chadli and Everton’s Kevin Mirallas make the stand-by list.
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Full Squad :-
Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois, Simon Mignolet, Jean-François Gillet.
Defenders: Toby Alderweireld, Dedryck Boyata, Jason Denayer, Björn Engels, Nicolas Lombaerts, Jordan Lukaku, Thomas Meunier, Thomas Vermaelen, Jan Vertonghen.
Midfielders: Mousa Dembele, Marouane Fellaini, Radja Nainggolan, Axel Witsel, Eden Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne, Yannick Carrasco, Dries Mertens.
Forwards: Michy Batshuayi, Christian Benteke, Divock Origi, Romelu Lukaku.
Kompany to be replaced by Denayer, Hazard is the new captain
In light of Vincent Kompany’s four month injury layoff which has ruled him out of the Euros, manager Marc Wilmots has confirmed that Chelsea’s Eden Hazard will take over as their captain for the duration of the tournament.
Wilmots added that he thinks Manchester City’s Jason Denayer, who is currently on loan at Turkish club Galatasaray, will step into their former captain’s boots.
“It’s a pity for him and for the team because he’s our leader and he will not be there,” Wilmots said of Kompany.
“I see Jason as the replacement for Kompany, to be clear, because he’s a player who has more or less the same profile.”
