{
  "id": 19184400,
  "title": "Liverpool and Netherlands hit with injury blow as Virgil van Dijk withdraws from international duty",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/liverpool-and-netherlands-hit-with-injury-blow-as-virgil-van-dijk",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-09T17:32:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/liverpool-netherlands-hit-injury-blow-173210902.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has withdrawn from international duty, citing a fitness issue that prevented him from competing in this month’s Nations League fixtures. The Dutch national team confirmed that both van Dijk and Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey were not fit enough to feature in the upcoming matches against Greece and Germany. Van Dijk, who played the full 90 minutes in Liverpool’s recent 3-1 victory over Crystal Palace, was set to join the national team immediately after their match. Brobbey was substituted at the 67-minute mark of Sunderland’s 1-0 win over Chelsea due to a muscular problem. The Netherlands will face Greece in Amsterdam on Friday before traveling to Berlin for the second fixture on Monday.",
  "summary": "The Dutchman played all 90 minutes of Liverpool’s win over Crystal Palace on Sunday",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}