{"id":623037,"date":"2025-12-09T23:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T23:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/623037\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T23:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T23:33:15","slug":"bayern-munichs-kimmich-makes-case-for-karl-to-make-germany-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/623037\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich\u2019s Kimmich makes case for Karl to make Germany squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There were quite a few standout performers in Bayern Munich\u2019s 3-1 victory over Sporting CP in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Once again, Lennart Karl was among them as he added another goal to his tally, which is steadily growing. Karl has five goals in two assists in 19 games across all competitions for Bayern Munich this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Simply put, the kid is a sensation\u2026and fans are not the only ones noticing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bayern Munich midfielder and German national team captain Joshua Kimmich sounds like he thinks Karl needs to be called up by Germany boss Julian Nagelsmann for the next international break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cPerforming well at Bayern Munich is a statement in itself. A regular starter for FC Bayern belongs in the national team,\u201d Kimmich told t-online\u2019s Julian Buhl (as captured by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/1998492802473406468?s=20\">@iMiaSanMia<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Karl had been starring for the German U-21s, but with his success playing for Bayern Munich, there is no reason to think he cannot be a factor for the Germany national team at the World Cup in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If you are looking for more Bayern Munich and German national team coverage, check out the latest episodes of Bavarian Podcast Works, which you can get on <a href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/bavarian-podcast-works1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5kHW7eDJSF2sGA1O6gKxvB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/bavarian-podcast-works\/id1460036325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a>, or any leading podcast distributor\u2026 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There were quite a few standout performers in Bayern Munich\u2019s 3-1 victory over Sporting CP in the Champions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[16765,2000,299,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-623037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-bayern-munich-champions-league","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115692227990488850","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623037","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=623037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}