On Friday, national coach Julian Nagelsmann will nominate his first DFB squad for the upcoming friendly games against the USA (October 14th) and Mexico (October 18th) and apparently has a surprise in store. According to the “PictureMats Hummels will be back for the first time since 2021, but his Dortmund teammate Nico Schlotterbeck will be missing.
Update 8:50 p.m.:Another decision by Nagelsmann was reported in the evening “Sky“. Chris Führich from VfB Stuttgart should get the chance to make his debut in the DFB uniform. The 25-year-old scored two goals and added four goals in the first six Bundesliga games of 2023/24.
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Hummels was not appointed once by predecessor Hansi Flick after he took over from Joachim Löw in the summer of 2021 following the 2020 European Championships. Hummels is back in top form at BVB this year, starting seven of eight competitive games and scoring two goals.
Schlotterbeck is also part of the regular staff of the Black and Yellows, but according to “Bild”, he will not be making the trip to America, just like Emre Can and Karim Adeyemi, who are in poor form. It is not clear from the report whether the end for the most valuable German central defender was due to sporting reasons or other reasons.
DFB squad in September: Flick took these players with him in his last games
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