Overview
- Sport Bild, cited by Frankfurter Rundschau, reports some within the DFB are urging Julian Nagelsmann to consider a Manuel Neuer return and that Rudi Völler allegedly sounded out the Bayern captain, a claim not independently confirmed.
- Neuer has recently stated he decided to stop playing for Germany, leaving any potential comeback contingent on a change of heart and sustained fitness.
- Marc-André ter Stegen has returned to training after knee and back operations but is not starting for Barcelona and has been encouraged to seek regular minutes to revive his World Cup case.
- Nagelsmann says national-team selection hinges on current form and consistent club action, adding he hopes ter Stegen becomes a starter somewhere before reassessing the plan if that does not happen.
- Germany’s current camp features Oliver Baumann, Alexander Nübel, Finn Dahmen and Noah Atubolu, with Baumann performing reliably as debate among former goalkeeping greats continues over whether Neuer should be reconsidered.