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Prem duo in Dutch youth squad

Quincy Owusu Abeyie and Collins John are in Holland's Youth Championship squad.

Premiership duo Quincy Owusu Abeyie and Collins John have been named in Holland's squad for the Fifa World Youth Championship.

The tournament is being held in the Netherlands, with Owusu Abeyie and John selected in the hosts' 21-man squad.

Arsenal striker Owusu Abeyie and Fulham forward John are the only two members of Foppe de Haan's squad who play their football outside of the Netherlands.

De Haan has selected four players apiece from Ajax and AZ Alkmaar, while Hedewiges Maduro, Ryan Babel and John have already made their debuts for the senior side.

Holland will play Australia, Benin and Japan in Group A of the Under-20 competition which gets underway on June 10.

Squad: Vermeer (Ajax), Brack (Zwolle), Bulters (AZ Alkmaar); Vlaar (AZ Alkmaar), Otten (Excelsior), Tiendalli (Utrecht), Drost (Heerenveen), Van der Struijk (Willem II), Zuiverloon (Feyenoord); Maduro, Emanuelson (Ajax), Medunjanin (AZ Alkmaar), Agustien (Willem II), Kruys (Utrecht), Afellay (PSV); Owusu Abeyie (Arsenal), John (Fulham), Babel (Ajax), Vincken (Feyenoord), Wisse (AZ Alkmaar), Rajcomar (Utrecht)

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