John and Narsingh called up for England friendly

Ola John (FC Twente) and Luciano Narsingh (sc Heerenveen) are the only first-timers in national football coach Bert van Marwijk’s 24-strong squad for next week’s friendly against England.


‘Both lads are developing very quickly and have shown they can perform under pressure,’ Van Marwijk told news agency ANP.
Oranje has other friendlies against Bayern Munich (May 22), Bulgarian (May 26), Slovakia (May 30) and Northern Ireland (June 2) before the European Championships start in June.
The full squad:
Mark van Bommel (AC Milan), Khalid Boulahrouz (VfB Stuttgart), Jeffrey Bruma (HSV), Urby Emanuelson (AC Milan), John Heitinga (Everton), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04), Ola John (FC Twente), Luuk de Jong (FC Twente), Nigel de Jong (Manchester City), Tim Krul (Newcastle United), Dirk Kuijt (Liverpool), Joris Mathijsen (Malaga), Luciano Narsingh (SC Heerenveen), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Erik Pieters (PSV), Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich), Stijn Schaars (Sporting Lissabon), Wesley Sneijder (Internazionale), Maarten Stekelenburg (AS Roma), Kevin Strootman (PSV), Rafael van der Vaart (Tottenham Hotspur), Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord), Michel Vorm (Swansea City), Georginio Wijnaldum (PSV).

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