Two Manchester United players were named to the Belgium World Cup Squad 24 man roster today. Belgium has not qualified for a major tournament in over a decade so they aren’t expected to be big time title contenders, but still this is the best team Belgium has had in a very long time.
Four Manchester United players, and another two on standby were named to the England side yesterday (full roster here), we’ll keep you posted as new teams are named of Red Devils on each roster.
Here’s the tweet of the Belgium World Cup squad,
Belgium World Cup team. pic.twitter.com/4AFtFibVTc
— Fifa World Cup™ (@0fficialBrazil) May 13, 2014
And the list version of the full Belgium World Cup squad below, United players in BOLD:
Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois, Simon Mignolet, Koen Casteels, Silvio Proto
Defenders: Toby Alderweireld, Anthony Vanden Borre, Laurent Ciman, Vincent Kompany, Daniel van Buyten, Thomas Vermaelen, Nicolas Lombaerts, Jan Vertonghen
Midfielders: Axel Witsel, Steven Defour, Marouane Fellaini, Moussa Dembélé, Nacer Chadli, Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Dries Mertens, Kevin Mirallas, Adnan Januzaj
Attackers: Romelu Lukaku, Divock Origi.
Standby list: Michy Batshuayi, Guillaume Gillet, Thorgan Hazard, Radja Nainggolan, Sébastien Pocognoli and Jelle van Damme.
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