{"id":167802,"date":"2026-05-15T11:01:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=167802"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:31:04","slug":"netherlands-de-ligt-to-miss-world-cup-after-back-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=167802","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands\u2019 De Ligt to miss World Cup after back surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-70984163\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Matthijs de Ligt will miss the Netherlands\u2019 World Cup campaign after undergoing back surgery to address an injury that has kept him out since November.<\/p>\n<p>The Manchester United defender is not expected to return until the early stages of next season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatthijs de Ligt has undergone successful surgery to address a back injury,\u201d United said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving diligently worked throughout his rehabilitation process, the decision was made that a corrective procedure was the best course of action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De Ligt had made a positive start to this season, playing every minute of United\u2019s first 13 Premier League games until the injury halted his progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince November I have done everything, pushing myself in every session and exploring every option, to get back to doing what I love, playing football,\u201d said the former Juventus and Bayern Munich centre-back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful to everyone who has supported me throughout a difficult period in my career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remain as determined as ever to represent Manchester United and play in front of our incredible supporters as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on May 15, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/football\/netherlands-fifa-world-cup-2026-matthijs-de-ligt-injury-news-manchester-united\/article70984163.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthijs de Ligt will miss the Netherlands\u2019 World Cup campaign after undergoing back surgery to address an injury that has kept him out since November. The Manchester United defender is not expected to return until the early stages of next season. \u201cMatthijs de Ligt has undergone successful surgery to address a back injury,\u201d United said&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2025-08-30T150124Z_1840808375_UP1EL8U15QAMB_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-ENGLAND-MUN-BUR.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnRh4-HEu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/167803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}