Overview

• DFB sport director Rudi Völler confirmed Kai Havertz will miss the Slovakia and Northern Ireland qualifiers with a knee problem, with Jamal Musiala, Marc-André ter Stegen and Nico Schlotterbeck also unavailable.
• Oliver Baumann is in contention to start in goal as Julian Nagelsmann moves Joshua Kimmich back to midfield and prepares a youth-leaning squad to be announced Wednesday at 17:00.
• Vincent Kompany said Jonas Urbig will start for suspended Manuel Neuer in Bayern’s DFB-Pokal opener at Wehen Wiesbaden and set a clear target of reaching the final in Berlin.
• Bayern’s goalkeeper succession planning faced a setback as loaned keeper Daniel Peretz was kept as No. 2 at HSV behind Daniel Heuer-Fernandes, contrary to Munich’s expectations.
• The DFB sport court gave Borussia Dortmund’s Filippo Mane a one-match suspension for his red card, ruling him out against Union Berlin and delaying any return until after the international break.