Germany boss Nagelsmann ignores Hummels, sticks with regulars for Euro 2024
Al Jazeera
Host nation Germany will enter Euro 2024 with a familiar 27-man team squad featuring few surprise inclusions.
Germany’s national football coach Julian Nagelsmann ignored the late claims of Borussia Dortmund’s Mats Hummels and Julian Brandt when he named a largely unchanged squad for the 2024 Euros.
2014 World Cup winner Hummels and midfielder Brandt have been key figures in Dortmund’s run to the Champions League final, where they will face Real Madrid, but Nagelsmann said on Thursday he preferred to stick with the team which beat France and the Netherlands in March.
Bayern Munich’s Leon Goretzka was also left out of the hosts’ 27-man squad – it will be reduced to 26 after the June friendlies against Ukraine and Greece – while his teammate Serge Gnabry was not considered because of injury.
Eliminated at the group stage in the past two World Cups and at the last 16 at Euro 2021, Germany had a poor 2023, winning just three of 11 games which cost then-coach Hansi Flick his job.
After losses against Turkey and Austria to end 2023, Nagelsmann named a heavily changed squad for the March friendlies, including bringing in players from Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen and in-form Stuttgart.
