van Basten axes duo

Netherlands boss Marco Van Basten has decided to cut a couple of big names from Holland's Euro 2008 squad; with Denny Landzaat and Sander Boschker both told they cannot be part of the trip to Austria and Switzerland.

They reportedly were unimpressive during training for the tournament, and former Wigan midfielder Landzaat is believed to be gutted to have missed out on the showpiece event.

van Basten now has only 24 players left in his provisional squad, and is now needing to cut just one more from the side before he decides who his final squad will be.