The build-up to next month’s European Championship includes highs and lows for Netherlands back Dani Baijens. He signed a contract to join Paris Saint-Germain Handball next season, but then broke a bone in his right hand in a Bundesliga match with HSV Hamburg in October. Recovered in time for the EHF EURO after making his comeback in a domestic cup game earlier this week, Baijens will be a main asset to the Dutch ambitions in Germany.

This is the seventh in a series of feature stories looking forward to the Men’s EHF EURO 2024.