U.S. National Team coach Jurgen Klinsmann said Sunday that Portland Timbers midfielder Darlington Nagbe will "definitely" be making a return to the U.S. National Team.

Nagbe's future with the national team was called into question after the midfielder declined a call-up in October due to personal reasons. It was later reported that Nagbe declined the call-up in part to spend more time with his family and in part because he didn't "feel valued" by Klinsmann.

After declining the October call-ups, Nagbe was left off the USMNT roster for World Cup qualifiers against Mexico and Costa Rica in November, adding what seemed like legitimacy to the reports.

But Klinsmann, who was answering a fan question in a Facebook Live Q&A Sunday, said that the reports were incorrect and that Nagbe was still on the USMNT radar. Klinsmann guaranteed that Nagbe would receive another call-up.

Here are Klinsmann's full comments:

There are some statements out there that just are simply not true. Darlington is always in our picture. We observe him. We watch him. He didn't make it into the October games for personal reasons and we accepted that, but then for the two games against Costa Rica and Mexico, we just thought that other players were ahead of him. But you will definitely see Darlington come back into our group and prove a point that he belongs there.

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