The Red Devils' latest squad has been announced for its upcoming two matches against Austria and Estonia, with head coach Domenico Tedesco inviting younger players to join Belgium's ranks.
The squad will compete in Tedesco's first home game since being appointed, with the Red Devils set to play Austria on 17 June, before facing Estonia three days later, in their qualifying group for next year's European Championships.
Moving on from Belgium's previous golden generation of players, the coach added four new faces to the team by granting Arnaud Bodart, Mike Tresor, Olivier Deman and Ameen Al-Dakhil their first-ever call-ups.
Bodart has excelled as Standard Liège's goalkeeper for the past couple of seasons, while midfielder Tresor was recently named the Jupiler Pro League's Player of the Season for his performance at Genk. They will be joined by another Belgian league prospect: Cercle Brugge's Olivier Deman.
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Iraqi-born Al-Dakhil, meanwhile, was an integral part of the Burnley side that was promoted to the Premier League this season, having been managed by Red Devils legend Vincent Kompany.
However, other players such as Southampton's Romeo Lavia, Everton's Amadou Onana and Jupiler Pro League champion Arthur Vermeeren will have felt aggrieved to have been left out of Tedesco's latest squad.
Nonetheless, the debutants will hope to make their mark in the upcoming games, the first of which will also see Eden Hazard's international career celebrated at half-time. It was agreed that the former Real Madrid attacker would receive a proper send-off after announcing his retirement towards the end of last year.
The full Belgian squad list
Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois, Arnaud Bodart, Thomas Kaminski, Matz Sels.
Defenders: Ameen Al-Dakhil, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Wout Faes, Arthur Theate, Jan Vertonghen.
Wingers : Yannick Carrasco, Timothy Castagne, Olivier Deman, Alexis Saelemaekers.
Midfielders: Kevin De Bruyne, Leander Dendoncker, Orel Mangala, Youri Tielemans, Mike Tresor, Hans Vanaken.
Strikers: Michy Batshuayi, Jeremy Doku, Romelu Lukaku, Dodi Lukebakio, Jeremy Doku, Lois Openda.
