Fears of discontent inside Holland's squad grew on Monday when it was announced star striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar would be the only player not talking to the Dutch press.
The 28-year-old - the leading scorer in the Bundesliga last season with 29 goals for Schalke 04 and also in the Euro qualifiers with 12 in 10 games - had been left seething when Robin van Persie was preferred to him to lead the attack for their opening Group B match against Denmark.
Van Persie gave a listless performance - as he had done in the 2010 World Cup where once again coach Bert van Marwijk's preferred front man he scored just once in seven games - and Huntelaar was finally sent on with 20 minutes remaining.
All the Dutch players were due to meet with the domestic press on Monday but the Dutch Football Federation announced that Huntelaar would now be absent.
Source: AFP
