Less than a month remains until the start of the European Championship in Germany, and as good hosts, the “Panzer” team was among the first of all 24 participants to announce their complete squad. In recent days, partial names of players counted on by coach Julian Nagelsmann were gradually revealed, starting with Dortmund and followed by Bayern, so a third of the names on the list were already known. As previously announced, Nagelsmann today revealed all the cards. The squad consists of 27 players, meaning that by June 7th, when the final list must be submitted to UEFA, one player will have to be dropped. Or, as the Germans say, at least one.OFFICIAL: Germany have submitted a 27-man provisional squad for EURO 2024. 🇩🇪#EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/XZU8Sk69Vi— Squawka (@Squawka) May 16, 2024 Veteran Toni Kroos, returning to the national team, will orchestrate the “Panzer” game, and a debut call-up went to Aleksandar Pavlović, a midfielder for Bayern Munich of Serbian descent. In attack, there will be Thomas Müller, a legend of the Bavarian giant. Commanding the defence will be Real Madrid’s centre-back Antonio Rüdiger, who has had a superb season for the Royal Club. Notable absences from the squad include Mats Hummels, Serge Gnabry, Leon Goretzka, Julian Brandt, Niklas Süle, Karim Adeyemi, and Timo Werner. Bad news for Germany: Gnabry is out for EURO 2024Nagelsmann’s explanation? He needed 27 men who will fit together the best. “As a coach, you have to try to assemble 27 characters that fit together best. We believe that the players will fulfill their duties in the best possible way. In March, we made some bold decisions when we spent ten days together. Some people who have been with the national team for a long time, employed by the Federation, were with us. They told us that this was the best atmosphere they had seen in years. So, we made only a few changes compared to March because we saw that what we did then was yielding results” he explained. Toni Kroos in his career:✅ World Cup ✅ Champions League ✅ La Liga ✅ Club World Cup ✅ UEFA Super Cup ✅ Spanish Super Cup ✅ Copa del Rey ✅ Bundesliga ✅ DFB-Pokal ✅ Germany Super Cup ❓ EURO pic.twitter.com/bcmBE6ikKR— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) May 16, 2024 The surprise is the absence of experienced players Mats Hummels from Dortmund and Leon Goretzka from Bayern on the squad list.”I had long conversations with both of them. Of course, they are disappointed, and I understand them. I’ve had problems with such conversations even when I was a club coach. I don’t like doing that. I would love to take everyone with us. But ultimately, as the head coach, I have to make decisions in the interest of the team. They have done everything to be here. I tried to explain to them why they weren’t called up” said Nagelsmann. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8103729##Goalkeepers: Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim), Alex Nuebel (Stuttgart), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona/ESP)Defenders: Waldemar Anton (Stuttgart), Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Robin Koch (Eintracht Frankfurt), Maximilian Mittelstaedt (Stuttgart), David Raum (RB Leipzig), Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid/ESP), Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund), Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen)Midfielders: Robert Andrich (Bayer Leverkusen), Chris Fuehrich (Stuttgart), Pascal Gross (Brighton and Hove Albion/ENG), Ilkay Gundogan (Barcelona/ESP), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid/ESP), Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich), Aleksandar Pavlovic (Bayern Munich), Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich), Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)Forwards: Maximilian Beier (Hoffenheim), Niclas Fuellkrug (Borussia Dortmund), Kai Havertz (Arsenal/ENG), Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich), Deniz Undav (Stuttgart)
