Van Dijk, Guéhi and Yamal drop out of their squads, Sassuolo sack Aquilani, and Carrick says he deserves to stay

The first day of the November international break was a day of players leaving camps. Virgil van Dijk has withdrawn from the Netherlands squad, Marc Guéhi from England’s and Lamine Yamal from Spain’s, all with injuries, while Germany lost a defender before their first training session. Away from the national teams, Sassuolo sacked their coach and Michael Carrick said he deserves to stay at Manchester United.

Van Dijk and Brobbey out for the Netherlands

Liverpool’s website carried a statement from the Dutch national team on Monday saying that Van Dijk, the Netherlands captain, had withdrawn from the squad for the Nations League games against Greece on Friday and Germany next Monday because he “did not return fit” from Liverpool’s 3-1 win at Crystal Palace on Sunday. NOS, the Dutch public broadcaster, reported at 17:47 CET that the Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey had also left the squad, that neither player was fit enough to stay, and that no replacements had been called up, which leaves the coach, Xavi Hernández, with 23 players. The Netherlands and Greece are level on eight points at the top of their group with two rounds left, and the Markets desk has written separately on what the price did on Monday.

Guéhi out, Burn in for England

The FA announced that Guéhi had withdrawn from Thomas Tuchel’s squad with an injury and that Dan Burn of Newcastle had been called up in his place. ESPN reported that Guéhi was taken off at half-time in Manchester City’s 3-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest on Saturday, that the injury ends his run of 15 England appearances in a row, and that Burn, who has 11 caps, joined the squad on Monday. The FA did not say what the injury is. England play Croatia at Wembley on Thursday at 20:45 CET, previewed on this site, and go to Spain on Sunday.

Yamal misses Spain’s trip to Czechia

Spain will be without Yamal in Czechia on Thursday. ESPN’s Sam Marsden reported on Monday that the Spanish federation said the 19-year-old hurt his right knee in Barcelona’s 2-1 win at Atlético Madrid on Sunday, that he will be treated in Barcelona over the next few days, and that the aim is for him to rejoin the squad for Spain’s game against England in Madrid on Sunday, though that is not confirmed. Mikel Oyarzabal also misses the Czechia trip with flu and is expected back for England, the same report said.

Germany lose Anton before Serbia

Jürgen Klopp’s first Germany squad of the window, named on 5 November, had 24 players, with Niclas Füllkrug recalled and the 17-year-old Wael Mohya of Borussia Mönchengladbach called up for the first time, according to the German federation’s website, which quoted Klopp saying he was “hugely looking forward to the next two games”. Sky Sport Deutschland reported on Monday that Dortmund’s Waldemar Anton was out with a knock and that Ridle Baku had been called up instead, and that the rest of the squad had arrived in Herzogenaurach. Germany play Serbia in Belgrade on Friday at 20:45 CET and host the Netherlands in Berlin on Monday 16 November; they are third in their group on five points, behind the Netherlands and Greece on eight, and need a top-two finish to reach the quarter-finals.

Italy, meanwhile, opened their camp at Coverciano with 32 players, the federation said, after Federico Gatti was added on Sunday and Matteo Palma of Udinese replaced the injured Gianluca Mancini. “We have an obligation to look for and call up young players to get to know them directly,” the coach Roberto Mancini said in the federation’s account of his press conference.

Sassuolo sack Aquilani

Sassuolo have dismissed Alberto Aquilani. The club’s statement on Monday said it had “relieved the coach Alberto Aquilani and his staff of their respective duties”, and named no successor. Sassuolo lost 3-0 at Roma on Saturday, a week after losing 4-2 at home to Fiorentina, and are 17th in Serie A with eight points from 11 games and a goal difference of minus 13, according to the standings in this site’s data feed; only Monza, Venezia and Udinese are below them. Italian outlets named a replacement on Monday; this site could not read those reports on a source it is allowed to use, so no name is given here.

Carrick: “That is not going to happen”

Manchester United drew 4-4 with Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday, with Joshua Zirkzee and Patrick Dorgu scoring in stoppage time, and go into the break in the bottom three with one league win all season. ESPN’s Rob Dawson reported that Carrick, asked whether he deserves to keep his job, said yes without hesitation, and asked whether he would resign said “that’s not going to happen”. The club had made no announcement about his position as of 08:10 CET on Tuesday. United’s next game is at Liverpool on Sunday 22 November.

Sources

1. Virgil van Dijk withdraws from Netherlands squad, Liverpool FC. Read 08:00 CET, 10 Nov 2026.
2. Aanvoerder Van Dijk en Brobbey haken af bij Nederlands elftal, NOS. Read 07:18 CET, 10 Nov 2026.
3. England men's squads: updates from the November international window, The FA. Read 07:55 CET, 10 Nov 2026.
4. Dan Burn called up by England to replace injured Marc Guéhi, ESPN. Read 07:31 CET, 10 Nov 2026.
5. Barcelona's Lamine Yamal to miss Spain's game in Czechia with knee injury, ESPN. Read 07:35 CET, 10 Nov 2026.
6. Mit Füllkrug und Mohya: Klopp nominiert Kader für Serbien und Niederlande, DFB. Read 08:00 CET, 10 Nov 2026.
7. DFB-Team vollständig: Jürgen Klopp startet mit 24 Spielern in Nations-League-Woche, Sky Sport Deutschland. Read 08:00 CET, 10 Nov 2026.
8. Comunicato ufficiale, U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. Read 08:05 CET, 10 Nov 2026.
9. Michael Carrick on his Manchester United future, ESPN. Read 08:00 CET, 10 Nov 2026.
10. Si apre il raduno a Coverciano. Mancini: 'Abbiamo l'obbligo di convocare ragazzi giovani', FIGC. Read 07:12 CET, 10 Nov 2026.

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