After the violation of Marc-André Ter Stegen, DFB sports director Rudi Völler looks emphasized for the goalkeeper situation in the German national football team-and believes in a comeback of the German number one. He also commented on Manuel Neuer.
“We are doing well to give him the chance to come back. He deserves this in the many, many years,” said Völler on Monday at a media appointment in Hürtgenwald, but added: “The most important thing is that he gets fit again and that he plays afterwards.”
The national goalkeeper is in a difficult phase at FC Barcelona and fails for several months after the back operation. This means that the successor of long-standing number one Manuel Neuer is not available for the World Cup qualification with games against Slovakia, Northern Ireland and Luxembourg in September, October and November.
He was also degraded by coach Hansi Flick to number three before the procedure. Despite a contract by 2028, his future is in the stars.
New comeback? Völler comments
Until Ter Stegen, said Völler, “we have goalkeepers, who are absolutely at an international level, are the absolute top goalkeepers. I saw it in Leverkusen at the weekend. Oliver Baumann delivered an outstanding game with the Hoffenheimers. I have no abdominal pain at all. And Julian Nagelsmann also didn’t make Oliver or one or the other good,” said Völler.
Nagelsmann excluded a new return, like recently. This is “not an issue”.
Nagelsmann also recently emphasized that it would continue to plan with Ter Stegen for the 2026 World Cup. “In my thoughts I know that Marc will come back in December, then the two games will play in March, in June, and then the World Cup will play,” said the national coach in Leipzig at the end of July.