Dozy Babel faces Dutch axe nightmare

RYAN BABEL’S international future has been plunged into doubt after he was axed from Holland’s team for Saturday’s Euro 2008 qualifier with Romania for oversleeping.

Marco van Basten, the Holland manager, picked the former Chelsea winger Arjen Robben in place of Babel as a punishment after the Liverpool midfielder twice missed team meetings.

Van Basten said: “It was the second time that Babel overslept on a match day. That should never happen. That’s why I left him out of the team. Robben trained hard and he is fit, so he played instead.”