Former Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick is using Germany’s upcoming set of friendlies to take a long look at some players who might be part of his team’s next generation.
In doing so, Flick opted to leave quite a few of his regular players, so be prepared when you see this list, you might need to freshen up on your knowledge on young German players:
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Attack/Midfield
- Mergim Berisha (FC Augsburg)
- Emre Can (Borussia Dortmund)
- Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen)
- Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich)
- Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich)
- Mario Götze (Eintracht Frankfurt)
- Kai Havertz (Chelsea FC)
- Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
- Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
- Felix Nmecha (Wolfsburg)
- Kevin Schade (Brentford)
- Timo Werner (RB Leipzig)
- Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
Defense
- Armel Bella-Kotchap (Southampton)
- Matthias Ginter (SC Freiburg)
- Christian Günter (SC Freiburg)
- Thilo Kehrer (West Ham United)
- David Raum (RB Leipzig)
- Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund)
- Joshua Vagnoman (VfB Stuttgart)
- Marius Wolf (Borussia Dortmund)
Goalkeepers
- Marc-André ter Stegen (FC Barcelona)
- Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt)
- Bernd Leno (Fulham)
Berisha, Schade, Vagnoman, and Wolf were, indeed, surprising selections, but if Flick is ever going to take some time to get a look at young players, now would be it.
Notable omissions included:
- Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich)
- Leroy Sané (Bayern Munich)
- Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich — injured)
- Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig)
- Marcel Halstenberg (RB Leipzig)
- Niklas Süle (Borussia Dortmund)
- Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund)
- Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund — injured)
- Youssoufa Moukoko (Borussia Dortmund — injured)
- Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund — injured)
- Jonas Hofmann (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
- Jonathan Tah, Bayer Leverkusen
- Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid)
- İlkay Gündoğan (Manchester City)
- Lukas Nmecha (Wolfsburg)
Some of those omissions we, of course, planned. Other…not so much.