RB Leipzig's Lutsharel Geertruida joins Netherlands for World Cup after Jurriën Timber's injury. Geertruida came to RB Leipzig in the summer of 2024 from Feyenoord Rotterdam, but has been on loan at AFC Sunderland since September 2025. His return to RB Leipzig after the end of the loan is still uncertain. The Dutch national team announced the decision on Monday evening. RB Leipzig has several important games to play in the 2025/26 season. The club must focus on qualifying for the Champions League. The Netherlands will compete in Group A of the World Cup. The first game will take place on June 14, 2026, against the defending champion Argentina. The Netherlands will have to do without Arsenal's defensive star Jurriën Timber. The 24-year-old has been plagued by a groin injury since March, which he has not fully recovered from in the eyes of coach Ronald Koeman. For him, RB Leipzig's Lutsharel Geertruida will take over. The 25-year-old defender has been on loan at AFC Sunderland since September 2025. His return to RB Leipzig after the end of the loan is still uncertain. The Dutch national team announced the decision on Monday evening. RB Leipzig has several important games to play in the 2025/26 season. The club must focus on qualifying for the Champions League. The Netherlands will compete in Group A of the World Cup. The first game will take place on June 14, 2026, against the defending champion Argentina. Jürgen Klopp, the former coach of Premier League club FC Liverpool, has been awarded an order by the British royal family. According to Sportfive, the German coach legend was honored for his "outstanding services to football and his continued contribution to the people of Liverpool" as an honorary Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE). The native of Stuttgart, who has already led FSV Mainz 05 and Borussia Dortmund to success in the Bundesliga and is now Global Football Chief at Red Bull Kosmos, is already a holder of the Federal Cross of Merit. This was awarded to him two years ago by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Schloss Bellevue. In Great Britain, the orders are awarded by members of the British royal family. Which royal is responsible and where the award will take place was initially unclear. When the call from the national coach reaches him, RB Leipzig's Assan Ouédraogo must first let the good news sink in. But then he's quick. He arrives in Winston-Salem before the DFB colleagues. RB Leipzig has several important games to play in the 2025/26 season. The club must focus on qualifying for the Champions League. The Netherlands will compete in Group A of the World Cup. The first game will take place on June 14, 2026, against the defending champion Argentina.