Overview
- Julian Nagelsmann named Said El Mala to Germany’s 25-man senior squad for World Cup qualifiers against Luxembourg on November 14 and Slovakia on November 17 in Leipzig.
- Dietmar Hamann and Oliver Kahn argued the call-up is premature after only a handful of top-flight games, though Kahn noted a coach may still want to assess a player in training.
- The DFB announced U21 debuts for Bayern’s 17-year-old Lennart Karl and Heidenheim’s Arijon Ibrahimovic, with coach Antonio Di Salvo targeting six points against Malta and Georgia.
- Di Salvo’s squad also regains several recently injured players, including Nnamdi Collins and goalkeeper Mio Backhaus, to reinforce defensive stability after October’s setback versus Greece.
- VfB Stuttgart coach Sebastian Hoeneß expressed surprise at Angelo Stiller’s omission from the senior squad, and a separate report claimed Bayern paid about €35,000 to youth clubs in Karl’s 2022 move.