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Germany coach Hansi Flick has picked no newcomer into a 26-strong squad for upcoming Nations League games and rather banks on experience in the games which serve as important tests ahead of the World Cup in Qatar.
The only uncapped player is reserve goalkeeper Oliver Baumann from Hoffenheim as Barcelona’s Marc-Andre ter Stegen gets a rest.
But key players such as Bayern Munich’s Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka, Niklas Süle and Borussia Dortmund team-mate Marco Reus return alongside others such as young forward Karim Adeyemi who is also moving to Dortmund.
“The squad that is there now is the measure of all things in terms of its core,” Flick told reporters on Thursday while also saying that “the door remains open” for others because “this is no final World Cup squad.” Germany play European champions Italy home and away and also host Euro runners-up England and visit Hungary in their Nations League group between June 4 and 14, with the two remaining games in late September in England and at home against Hungary.
The World Cup starts November 21, with Germany drawn to play Spain, Japan and the winner of a play-off between New Zealand Costa Rica in the group stage.
Flick will gather the group for a four-day training camp in Marbella, Spain, from Monday onwards. The team then reconvenes on May 30.
Missing players include Borussia M?nchengladbach’s Matthias Ginter and Florian Neuhaus, Freiburg’s Christian Günter and Inter Milan’s Robin Gosens. Paris Saint-Germain’s Julian Draxler is injured.
Germany squad: Goalkeepers: Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt) Defenders: Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig), Thilo Kehrer (Paris Saint-Germain), Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig), David Raum (Hoffenheim), Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), Nico Schlotterbeck (Freiburg), Niklas Süle (Bayern Munich), Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen) Midfielders and forwards: (Karim Adeyemi (RB Salzburg), Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund), Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich), Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich), Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City), Kai Havertz (Chelsea), Jonas Hofmann (Borussia M?nchengladbach), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich), Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich), Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Leroy Sané (Bayern Munich), Anton Stach (Mainz), Timo Werner (Chelsea).
Munich
Germany coach Hansi Flick has picked no newcomer into a 26-strong squad for upcoming Nations League games and rather banks on experience in the games which serve as important tests ahead of the World Cup in Qatar.
The only uncapped player is reserve goalkeeper Oliver Baumann from Hoffenheim as Barcelona’s Marc-Andre ter Stegen gets a rest.
But key players such as Bayern Munich’s Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka, Niklas Süle and Borussia Dortmund team-mate Marco Reus return alongside others such as young forward Karim Adeyemi who is also moving to Dortmund.
“The squad that is there now is the measure of all things in terms of its core,” Flick told reporters on Thursday while also saying that “the door remains open” for others because “this is no final World Cup squad.” Germany play European champions Italy home and away and also host Euro runners-up England and visit Hungary in their Nations League group between June 4 and 14, with the two remaining games in late September in England and at home against Hungary.
The World Cup starts November 21, with Germany drawn to play Spain, Japan and the winner of a play-off between New Zealand Costa Rica in the group stage.
Flick will gather the group for a four-day training camp in Marbella, Spain, from Monday onwards. The team then reconvenes on May 30.
Missing players include Borussia M?nchengladbach’s Matthias Ginter and Florian Neuhaus, Freiburg’s Christian Günter and Inter Milan’s Robin Gosens. Paris Saint-Germain’s Julian Draxler is injured.
Germany squad: Goalkeepers: Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt) Defenders: Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig), Thilo Kehrer (Paris Saint-Germain), Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig), David Raum (Hoffenheim), Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), Nico Schlotterbeck (Freiburg), Niklas Süle (Bayern Munich), Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen) Midfielders and forwards: (Karim Adeyemi (RB Salzburg), Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund), Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich), Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich), Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City), Kai Havertz (Chelsea), Jonas Hofmann (Borussia M?nchengladbach), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich), Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich), Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Leroy Sané (Bayern Munich), Anton Stach (Mainz), Timo Werner (Chelsea).
