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Germany boss Julian Nagelsmann has handed a primary call-up to ahead Tim Kleindienst in his newest squad.
Kleindienst scored 12 Bundesliga targets for Heidenheim final season.
These targets propelled Heidenheim to an eighth-place end, and secured Kleindienst a transfer to Borussia Monchengladbach.
For the reason that begin of final season, Kleindienst has contested essentially the most duels (622) and made essentially the most sprints (1216) of any participant within the Bundesliga.
The 29-year-old has already netted twice for his new membership, and with West Ham’s Niclas Fullkrug out injured, Nagelsmann has given Kleindienst the nod for October’s Nations League clashes with Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Netherlands.
“Kleindienst at Heidenheim carried out nicely over a whole yr and he has built-in himself nicely at his new membership Borussia Moenchengladbach,” mentioned Nagelsmann.
“He has earned this. The harm to Fullkrug is an effective alternative to check Tim. He now has to show himself.”
Right here’s our squad set to face Bosnia and Herzegovina & the Netherlands within the #NationsLeague #DFB #GermanFootball #GermanMNT pic.twitter.com/L6pGh6tUZ7
— German Soccer (@DFB_Team_EN) October 3, 2024
Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s long-term harm, in the meantime, means Oliver Baumann is a probable candidate to start out in objective.
The Hoffenheim goalkeeper can be aged 34 years and 131 days on October 11, when Germany tackle Bosnia.
Ought to Baumann play, he’ll change into the third-oldest participant to make his first appearances for Germany.
Germany squad in full:
Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim), Janis Blaswich (Salzburg), Alexander Nubel (Stuttgart); Waldemar Anton (Borussia Dortmund), Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Robin Koch (Eintracht Frankfurt), Maximilian Mittelstadt (Stuttgart), David Raum (RB Leipzig), Antonio Rudiger (Actual Madrid), Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund), Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen); Robert Andrich (Bayer Leverkusen), Chris Fuhrich (VfB Stuttgart), Pascal Gross (Borussia Dortmund), Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich), Alexander Pavlovic (Bayern Munich), Angelo Stiller (VfB Stuttgart), Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen); Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich), Kai Havertz (Arsenal), Deniz Undav (Stuttgart), Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Monchengladbach).
