{"id":118693,"date":"2025-05-21T02:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T02:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/118693\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T02:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T02:58:09","slug":"germany-rumor-mill-german-national-team-roster-decisions-start-to-leak-while-injuries-already-take-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/118693\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Rumor Mill: German national team roster decisions start to leak, while injuries already take toll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"nW5jds\">The roster is starting to take shape for the German national team as injuries are pushing some issues, while other decisions are starting to leak. <\/p>\n<p id=\"dhNEKT\">Let\u2019s see what we know at this point&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kleindienst out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"vVR6uh\">Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach striker Tim Kleindienst will miss the the UEFA National League Final Four due to a knee injury per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/1923809115064738190\">@iMiaSanMia<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"VsXEyE\">Tim Kleindienst will be sidelined for several months with a knee injury and will therefore miss the Nations League Final Four.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"K5JPwt\">This is a killer. <\/p>\n<p id=\"Wmd5nQ\">Kleindienst started to really gain some momentum with his play under Julian Nagelsmann for Die Mannschaft and his big presence in the box will be missed. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Anton to return?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"e3djXd\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1924793175052374389\">Sky Sport journalist Florian Plettenberg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fearthewall.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Borussia Dortmund<\/a> center-back Waldemar Anton could be rewarded for his stellar recent play with a return to the national team: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"3D5rl7\">   Waldemar Anton is on the verge of a comeback to the German national team! #BVB  Julian Nagelsmann wants to call him up.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"kFjhpb\">X account <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/1924819139589263831\">@iMiaSanMia<\/a> captured more from Sky Sport: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"CkNCSX\">Waldemar Anton will make his return to the national team for the Nations League Final Four following the injuries to Nico Schlotterbeck, who\u2019s definitely out, and Antonio R\u00fcdiger, who remains a doubt. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>H\u00fcbner to join Nagelsmann\u2019s staff?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"6mLqU5\">Per Plettenberg, Hoffenheim assistant coach and former defender Benjamin H\u00fcbner could replace Sandro Wagner on Nagelsmann\u2019s staff: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"qUonvI\"> \u23f3 Benjamin H\u00fcbner is set to become Julian Nagelsmann\u2019s new assistant coach! <\/p>\n<p id=\"GrVrEl\">\u2026 to replace Sandro Wagner after the Nations League Final Four in June.<\/p>\n<p id=\"CsT9Sf\">H\u00fcbner is currently Nagelsmann\u2019s preferred candidate, and he is keen on joining the DFB. Talks between the DFB and TSG Hoffenheim are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p id=\"itNAgA\">Alfred Schreuder remains on the list and is open to making the move. It is also possible that, alongside H\u00fcbner, another experienced assistant could be brought in in the future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Pavlovi\u0107 getting called back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"78yLZM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1924871742217953617\">Plettenberg<\/a> chimed back in to say that Bayern Munich midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovi\u0107 was going to get another call to the national team: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"pq9jqz\">   Aleksandar #Pavlovic is returning to the German national team! <\/p>\n<p id=\"LPlBwv\">Julian Nagelsmann will call him up for the Nations League Final Four. <\/p>\n<p id=\"iwNv2z\">He\u2019s recently been a regular starter for FC Bayern again and is in top form.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"S7mYzg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bavarianfootballworks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bayern Munich<\/a>\u2019s season is over, but we have plenty to talk about. Let\u2019s discuss how we feel about the season and why fan expectations will be higher in 2025\/26. We\u2019ll also hit on Harry Kane\u2019s statements, which seem to indicate that he could extend his contract, while also giving a breakdown of Bayern Munich\u2019s big contract\/transfer situations. Finally, we touch on Uli Hoene\u00df proving he has not lost a step with the media as he provided some commentary on the Florian Wirtz transfer saga. You can get the podcast on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/bavarian-podcast-129309503?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;utm_content=join_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patreon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/04wxaNDhIAKDKFRvvVvpFx?si=hLUim0dVR_6LZUIr2aJU3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, or below: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"UY54xS\">Also, be sure to stay tuned to Bavarian Podcast Works for all of your up to date coverage on Bayern Munich and Germany. Check us out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/BavarianPodcastWorks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Patreon<\/strong><\/a> and follow us on Twitter @BavarianFBWorks, @BavarianPodcast @TheBarrelBlog, @BFWCyler, @2012nonexistent, @TommyAdams71 and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The roster is starting to take shape for the German national team as injuries are pushing some issues,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[23202,6098,53106,2000,299,94,163,16756,1824,6100,1866,53108,53104,6096,53105,28755,53107,20995,6097,6093,53110,53109,6099],"class_list":{"0":"post-118693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-already","9":"tag-bavarian","10":"tag-decisions","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-front-page","15":"tag-german","16":"tag-germany","17":"tag-germany-international-soccer","18":"tag-injuries","19":"tag-leak","20":"tag-mill","21":"tag-national","22":"tag-roster","23":"tag-rumor","24":"tag-start","25":"tag-take","26":"tag-team","27":"tag-to","28":"tag-toll","29":"tag-while","30":"tag-works"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114543585206876485","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}