O'Riley omitted from Denmark's Euros squad

Matt O'Riley has missed out on a place in Denmark's squad for Euro 2024 despite his outstanding Celtic form.

The midfielder was a key player in Celtic's league and Scottish Cup double and netted 19 times as well as providing 13 assists last season, with his club rejecting a January bid from Atletico Madrid for the 23-year-old.

London-born O'Riley, who qualifies to play for Denmark through his mother, made his debut for Kasper Hjulmand's side last November and won his second cap in their last match, a friendly win over the Faroe Islands in March.

However, he has now surprisingly been omitted from the 26-man squad named by Hjulmand for the finals in Germany next month.

The midfielders selected over O'Riley include 32-year-old Christian Eriksen, who is out of favour at Manchester United, Tottenham's Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, and Mikkel Damsgaard of Brentford.

It will be Eriksen's first European Championship since suffering a cardiac arrest in 2021 against Finland in Copenhagen.

He returned to international football in March 2022 and played at the Qatar World Cup.

Eriksen's United team-mate Rasmus Hojlund is also included, while Damsgaard is one of three Brentford midfielders to join players from Tottenham, Leicester, Crystal Palace and Burnley in the squad.

Denmark's Euro 2024 squad in full

Goalkeepers: Kasper Schmeichel (Anderlecht), Frederik Ronnow (Union Berlin), Mads Hermansen (Leicester)

Defenders: Andreas Christensen (Barcelona), Simon Kjaer (AC Milan), Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace), Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester), Victor Nelsson (Galatasaray), Alexander Bah (Benfica), Joakim Maehle (Wolfsburg), Rasmus Nissen Kristensen (Roma), Victor Kristiansen (Bologna)

Midfielders: Christian Eriksen (Manchester United), Thomas Delaney (Anderlecht), Morten Hjulmand (Sporting Lisbon), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham), Christian Norgaard (Brentford), Mathias Jensen (Brentford), Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford), Jacob Bruun Larsen (Burnley), Andreas Skov Olsen (Club Bruges)

Forwards: Anders Dreyer (Anderlecht), Kasper Dolberg (Anderlecht), Rasmus Hojlund (Manchester United), Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), Yusuf Poulsen (Leipzig).