National coach Julian Nagelsmann reacts to the injuries to regular goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen and striker Niclas Füllkrug with the nominations of goalkeeper Janis Blaswich from Red Bull Salzburg and attacker Tim Kleindienst.
The 29-year-old from Gladbach will be part of the DFB squad for the first time in the upcoming Nations League games on October 11th in Zenica against Bosnia-Herzegovina and three days later in Munich. The defense chief Antonio Rüdiger, who was recently rested, and the Munich attacker Serge Gnabry, who was plagued by injuries last season, are returning.
Squad without Can and Beier
The national coach also made two important decisions when announcing his 23-man squad, in which he no longer named Dortmund’s Emre Can and Maximilan Beier, in the goalkeeper position. Despite his serious knee injury and his months-long absence from FC Barcelona, Ter Stegen remains number one in the DFB team.
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“Marc has all the time he needs to get well again from us. He is our number one – and he will stay that way. If he comes back a year before the World Cup, he will still be able to play a top World Cup and have a good World Cup qualification. I assume that he will come back in top shape next summer,” said Nagelsmann.
Commitment to ter Stegen, Baumann gets game
Nagelsmann also assured Hoffenheim’s Oliver Baumann (34) his debut in the DFB goal after a long wait. “Olli also deserves to get an international match. That will be the case,” said Nagelsmann. “We don’t yet know 100 percent whether someone will do both,” said Nagelsmann. Stuttgart’s Alexander Nübel can hope to make it to his first international match. Blaswich is slated to be number three.
Kleindienst “deserved” to be nominated, said Nagelsmann about the only real newcomer in the squad. “Niclas Füllkrug’s injury is a good opportunity to test Tim, he can now prove himself.”
The DFB squad will meet again in Herzogenaurach next Monday. Germany leads Group 3 of the highest Nations League league with four points ahead of the Dutch, who are tied on points, after two of six match days. Like Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina has one point.