Vertonghen to miss rest of UEFA EURO 2016
Belgium has been dealt a blow ahead of its UEFA EURO 2016 clash with Wales after Jan Vertonghen was ruled out of the rest of the tournament.
Belgium manager Marc Wilmots confirmed Jan Vertonghen will play no further part in the country's UEFA EURO 2016 campaign after he has sustained torn ankle ligaments in training.
"I blew the whistle to stop training and he turned his ankle as he brought the ball down," Wilmots said. "He had a scan here and he has torn two or three external ligaments, which mean his Euros are over.
"It's a sporting tragedy for him - I won't say it's a real tragedy. He was completely fit mentally and physically but fate decided that on this particular movement he would do 10,000 times that he tore his ligament.
"He was our vice-captain and we've got Thomas Vermaelen, who's banned. But we've got alternatives. We face a tricky fixture but the players have been with us for four years.
"We have options there. We're thinking forward, to the future. We've got 19 players fit and ready to play and we have to try to get into the last four."
