Arsenal star to watch national team game from stands due to agreement with club

Jurrien Timber is poised to watch Holland's Nations League clash against Germany from the stands this evening, barring any drastic turnaround. The 25-year-old Arsenal defender has slowly been rebuilding his fitness following a problematic groin issue that cost him the chance to feature at this summer's World Cup with Oranje. New Netherlands boss Xavi wanted to include the Premier League winner in his first national team squad but as noted during a press conference earlier this week, there's an understanding that Holland need to be very careful with Timber's condition. He made his first start since March 14 last Saturday when he played an hour of Arsenal's shock 3-0 defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium . FOLLOW OUR ARSENAL FB PAGE! Latest Gunners news, analysis and much more via our dedicated Facebook page While he came through the challenge unscathed on the back of also playing 45 minutes the previous week at Sunderland, his body needs time to recover and his workload will be managed. He did not train with his international team-mates on Monday or Tuesday, he was instead on the bike and following an individual programme before joining the group on Wednesday. It's understood medical figures from both Arsenal and the Dutch national team held dialogue before the break where information was shared. Both parties want to get the best from Timber and it was agreed that Xavi and his staff would not take any risk on his fitness. Additionally, Oranje could only name 23 players in tonight's squad and having called 26 stars up to camp, three had to drop out and Timber is one of them. Lazio's Kenneth Taylor and PSV's 22-year-old midfielder Gjivai Zechiel are also set to join the Gunners full-back in the stands in Amsterdam as Xavi looks to kick off his tenure with victory. In recent days, Timber has laid bare the sacrifice that went into a surprise cameo in last season's Champions League final defeat to PSG in Budapest. He describes his involvement as "a miracle." He explained on his World Cup heartbreak: "Calling it a relapse is too harsh. You know, I was injured for a total of 25 weeks before and after the World Cup. To be honest, I only felt good during that week of the Champions League final. It was a miracle [that I played]. "From the outside, it all looked good [that he made the Champions League final]. But I felt I couldn't go all out. You can get away with that in training, not in a match." As the Holland squad departed a New York airport for Kansas City to kickstart their World Cup campaign, Timber headed to Miami solo to process his disappointment. He added on the raw emotion: "Leaving my brother and those other guys behind really hit hard. "It was for just a few days. I had worked hard for two months to get fit again and make it to the Champions League final, and I had hardly any days off. After dropping out of the World Cup, I noticed that I needed to do nothing for a while, also to recover from the disappointment."