Bayern Munich striker Roy Makaay will sit out this summer's World Cup finals after being left out of Marco Basten's preliminary 33-man Netherlands squad.

Former Oranje legend Van Basten has instead turned to Ajax youngster Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, who has been on top form for the Amsterdam club since his January move from Heerenveen.

Ten players have to be cut from the initial squad, but Makaay's absence almost certainly spells an end to his international career.

Squad: Lodewijks (Feyenoord), van der Sar (Manchester United), Stekelenburg (Ajax), Timmer.

Boulahrouz (Hamburg), Bouma (Aston Villa), van Bronckhorst (Barcelona), de Cler (AZ), Emanuelson (Ajax), Jaliens (AZ), Kromkamp (Liverpool), Mathijsen (AZ), Ooijer, Opdam (AZ), Vlaar (Feyenoord).

Boateng (Middlesbrough), van Bommel (Barcelona), Cocu (PSV), Davids (Tottenham Hotspur), De Jong (Hamburg), Landzaat (AZ), Maduro (Ajax), Sneijder (Ajax), van der Vaart (Hamburg).

Babel (Ajax), Castelen (Feyenoord), Huntelaar (Ajax), Kuyt (Feyenoord), Meerdink (AZ), van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), van Persie (Arsenal), Robben (Chelsea), Vennegoor of Hesselink (PSV).