Overview
- Jürgen Klopp named 22-year-old Brajan Gruda in Germany’s squad for the Nations League trip to Belgrade and assigned him the No. 10 shirt, calling him a "geiler Zocker" and indicating a likely senior debut on the right wing.
- Gruda’s promotion follows a breakout season at RB Leipzig in which he completed a Bundesliga-high single-game 10 successful solo runs and recorded 36 successful dribbles for the campaign, numbers comparable with Europe’s elite attackers.
- He moved to Leipzig on loan from Brighton in February 2026 and his deal contains a reported contractual purchase obligation of about €25 million that will take effect if appearance thresholds are met.
- German media and pundits say FC Bayern are monitoring Gruda’s progress as a longer-term option, but coverage stresses observation and scouting rather than any confirmed transfer talks.
- Seventeen-year-old Wael Mohya travelled with the squad but was left out of the matchday roster, and a strong Germany debut for Gruda could accelerate market attention and make Leipzig’s purchase clause operative.