After his exclusion from the provisional European Championship squad for German handball players, goalkeeper Till Klimpke sharply criticized the decision-makers in the German Handball Federation (DHB).
There are “a lot of clueless people” at work at the DHB, said the HSG Wetzlar keeper on the Dyn microphone after the 30:36 (15:18) in the Bundesliga against Füchse Berlin and added: “I have to be careful what I say now .”
Klimpke made it clear that in his opinion it was not just sporting achievements that served as a criterion for nomination. “It’s just political,” said the 25-year-old: “And then it just happens that you don’t get invited if you’re not the national coach’s best friend.”
The aforementioned national coach Alfred Gislason had Joel Birlehm (Rhein-Neckar Löwen), Silvio Heinevetter (TVB Stuttgart), Daniel Rebmann (VfL Gummersbach) in the 35-team squad for the home European Championship (January 10th to 28th, 2024) for the goalkeeper position. , David Späth (Rhein-Neckar Löwen) and Andreas Wolff (Industria Kielce). Klimpke, who has played 19 international matches so far, was missing and will therefore miss the EURO in his own country.