{"id":134168,"date":"2025-05-26T20:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T20:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134168\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T20:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T20:52:13","slug":"germanys-u-21-squad-looking-to-do-damage-at-euros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/134168\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s U-21 squad looking to do damage at EUROs"},"content":{"rendered":"

The German national team\u2019s U-21 squad will be playing for the EUROs this summer and has assembled a very good squad filled with experienced players, including Bayern Munich<\/a>\u2019s Paul Wanner, who spent this season on loan with Heidenheim.<\/p>\n

In addition to Wanner, there are a few former Bayern Munich players in the mix as well: <\/p>\n

Goalkeepers:<\/strong> Noah Atubolu (SC Freiburg), Tjark Ernst (Hertha BSC), Nahuel Noll (SpVgg Greuther F\u00fcrth), Johannes Schenk (SC Preu\u00dfen M\u00fcnster)***<\/p>\n

Defenders:<\/strong> Bright Arrey-Mbi (SC Braga)***, Elias Baum (Eintracht Frankfurt), Nathaniel Brown (Eintracht Frankfurt), Nnamdi Collins (Borussia Dortmund<\/a>), Finn Jeltsch (VfB Stuttgart), Tim Oermann (VfL Bochum), Max Rosenfelder (SC Freiburg), Jamil Siebert (Fortuna D\u00fcsseldorf), Lukas Ullrich (Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach)<\/p>\n

Midfielders:<\/strong> Brajan Gruda (Brighton & Hove Albion), Caspar Jander (FC N\u00fcrnberg), Ansgar Knauff (Eintracht Frankfurt), Eric Martel (FC K\u00f6ln), Paul Nebel (Mainz 05), Rocco Reitz (Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach), Merlin R\u00f6hl (SC Freiburg), Jan Thielmann (FC K\u00f6ln), Paul Wanner (Bayern Munich)**<\/p>\n

Forwards: <\/strong>Derry Scherhant (SC Freiburg), Nicolo Tresoldi (Hannover 96), Nelson Weiper (Mainz 05), Nick Woltemade (VfB Stuttgart)<\/p>\n

** \u2014 Bayern Munich player who was on loan in 2024\/25<\/p>\n

*** \u2014 Former Bayern Munich player<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Woltemade was also recently selected for Germany\u2019s senior squad.<\/p>\n

Di Salvo talks squad<\/strong><\/p>\n

Germany U-21 coach Antonio Di Salvo hit on a number of topics during his press conference. See below for the coach\u2019s quotes.<\/p>\n

On omitting players like Bayern Munich\u2019s Tom Bischof and Frans Kr\u00e4tzig and Borussia Dortmund\u2019s Maximilian Beier and Karim Adeyemi…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Di Salvo<\/a>: \u201cThe club has said that they should play in the Club World Cup. It is a new, difficult situation for everyone. Ultimately, the Club World Cup is a great experience for them. I also heard from them that they would have liked to play in the U-21 European Championship. But I know they\u2019ll keep their fingers crossed for us. I\u2019ll also keep my fingers crossed for them at the Club World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n

On why Bayern Munich\u2019s Paul Wanner is available…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Di Salvo<\/a>: \u201dI spoke with Paul, who made it very clear to me that he wants to play in the U-21 European Championship. He then discussed this with the club (FC Bayern). The club then gave the go-ahead, which makes me happy because we now have one more quality player.\u201d<\/p>\n

On why Jonas Urbig was not selected…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Di Salvo<\/a>: \u201cThe personnel issue was still open until a few days ago. I was in constant contact with Max Eberl. In Jonas\u2019 case, it was also the case that the wish was that he should take part in the Club World Cup. Manuel Neuer was injured for a long time. In an emergency, Jonas can step in. It\u2019s also a form of appreciation, also towards Jonas. He has shown outstanding performances and stepped in, so it\u2019s understandable to me that Jonas is firmly in the squad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking for an in depth breakdown of Germany roster selections and how it all might fit together for the UEFA Nations League Final Four? Awesome, then check out our Bavarian Podcast Works \u2014 Special Edition: Breaking down Germany\u2019s call-ups for the UEFA Nations League Final Four. You can get the podcast on Patreon<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, or below: <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Also, be sure to stay tuned to Bavarian Podcast Works for all of your up to date coverage on Bayern Munich<\/a> and Germany. Check us out on Patreon<\/strong><\/a> and follow us on Twitter @BavarianFBWorks, @BavarianPodcast @TheBarrelBlog, @BFWCyler, @2012nonexistent, @TommyAdams71 and more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The German national team\u2019s U-21 squad will be playing for the EUROs this summer and has assembled a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[7747,6098,31954,58959,2000,299,34454,94,163,1824,6100,11627,2955,6101,46031,6093,53210,6099],"class_list":{"0":"post-134168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-at","9":"tag-bavarian","10":"tag-damage","11":"tag-do","12":"tag-eu","13":"tag-europe","14":"tag-euros","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-front-page","17":"tag-germany","18":"tag-germany-international-soccer","19":"tag-looking","20":"tag-s","21":"tag-soccer-sg","22":"tag-squad","23":"tag-to","24":"tag-u","25":"tag-works"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114576119919823323","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134168","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=134168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}