This international break is one of the last chances Julian Nagelsmann will have to get different looks at different players in the Germany squad before it comes time to think about narrowing down his final roster for this summer’s World Cup. At the end of May and beginning of June, Germany will also have friendlies against Finland and the United States, but by that point, it will be more about fine-tuning an already established squad as opposed to looking at some different, more fringe players.
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Nagelsmann had announced his initial roster for this month’s pair of friendlies, there has been a fair amount of movement in terms of squad withdrawals and fresh callups. As expected, there was once again a heavy Bayern Munich contingent called up in Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry, Jonathan Tah, Lennart Karl and Jonas Urbig. Midfielder Aleksandar Pavlović was also called up, but withdrew from the squad to hip problems he’s currently experiencing.
In addition to Pavlović, VfB Stuttgart’s Jamie Leweling and Borussia Dortmund’s Felix Nmecha have also pulled out of the squad due to respective injury problems. Jamal Musiala’s current injury recovery has experienced some setbacks as well and he missed out on being in the squad altogether.
To fill open slots, Nagelsmann called up Stuttgart’s Angelo Stiller and Chris Führich, both of whom are having a solid season with the Swabians. While there was no direct replacement for Nmecha, there’s still 25 players in the squad for right now, though that could change if any fresh injury concerns appear between now and before the second of the two friendlies (vs. Ghana in Stuttgart).
With the squad adjustments, the DFB have re-released the full squad list along with all of the squad numbers ahead of the two friendlies. Of course, these numbers are subject to change both during this break and ahead of the World Cup itself.
The original squad:
The updated roster and squad numbers:
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