Former world champion Bastian Schweinsteiger was very satisfied with the German squad composition of the new national coach Julian Nagelsmann. According to the FC Bayern club legend, a clear principle of performance was evident when he was nominated for the trip to the USA.
The new head coach of the German national team had already stated in advance that he wanted to rely primarily on in-form players. In the current DFB squad, which played a friendly against Mexico on Tuesday evening local time in Philadelphia, this included, among others, BVB veteran Mats Hummels as well as debutants Kevin Behrens from 1. FC Union Berlin and Chris Führich from VfB Stuttgart.
Today’s TV pundit Bastian Schweinsteiger, who played 121 times for Germany, liked the way Nagelsmann put together his first national team squad.
“Everyone within the team knows: OK, if I perform well in the club, I also have a great chance of being in the national team. And then of course I have to perform,” said Schweinsteiger, praising the personnel decisions on “ARD”. of the new national coach.
With a view to the upcoming European Championship in his own country next year, the long-time FC Bayern midfielder hopes that Nagelsmann will stick to this performance principle when putting together the national team.
Schweinsteiger praises BVB striker Füllkrug
There should only be one axis, which should receive a kind of nomination guarantee. In the run-up to the test game against Mexico, he explained which players Schweinsteiger thought these should be.
“It would have to be a Gündogan, also a Toni Rüdiger, who always plays. With Füllkrug it has also become clear that he will always be set. Musiala of course, a Florian Wirtz also has great chances. Sané belongs the way he plays now “One of the best in the world, you have to look at it that way. These are the players who I would say definitely have to be at the World Cup,” said the 39-year-old.
What is striking is that Schweinsteiger only listed two players from German record champions FC Bayern: Jamal Musiala and Leroy Sané. Bastian Schweinsteiger did not mention other FCB stars such as Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry or Thomas Müller.