{"id":975737,"date":"2026-05-21T15:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/975737\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:09:15","slug":"julian-nagelsmann-confirms-manuel-neuer-will-be-germanys-no-1-goalkeeper-at-world-cup-as-bayern-legend-ends-international-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/975737\/","title":{"rendered":"Julian Nagelsmann confirms Manuel Neuer will be Germany&#8217;s No.1 goalkeeper at World Cup as Bayern legend ends international retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:start\">Nagelsmann has turned back to the experience of Neuer for the upcoming World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Despite the 40-year-old having previously stepped away from the international stage following Euro 2024, he is now set for one last dance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\">Nagelsmann was direct when questioned about his plans between the sticks during the official Germany squad announcement, in comments highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/sport.sky.de\/fussball\/artikel\/julian-nagelsmann-erklaert-manuel-neuer-zur-nummer-eins-im-dfb-tor\/13546585\/34942\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\">Sky Sports<\/a>. &#8220;Yes, I am planning for him,&#8221; the boss confirmed. He went on to highlight the intangible qualities the veteran shot-stopper brings to the camp, stating, &#8220;Everyone knows what kind of aura surrounds Manu. The decision is, in my eyes, the right one.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nagelsmann has turned back to the experience of Neuer for the upcoming World Cup in the United States,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":975738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5310],"tags":[1062,2000,299,1824,271859,242720,250402,1514],"class_list":["post-975737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-germany","tag-bayern-munich","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-germany","tag-germany-vs-curacao","tag-j-nagelsmann","tag-m-neuer","tag-world-cup"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116613203029170970","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975737","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=975737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/975738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=975737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=975737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}