Nagelmann brings in next newcomer: Prömel for Nmecha
Julian Nagelsmann had to make another personnel change before the national soccer team's first training session.
In place of Felix Nmecha, the national coach nominated Grischa Prömel from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim for the international matches against Turkey in Berlin on Saturday and against Austria in Vienna three days later.
Erste Berufung in das @DFB_Team 🤩
Grischa #Prömel wurde für die Länderspiele gegen die Türkei und Österreich nachnominiert.
Wir sind stolz auf Dich und wünschen Dir viel Erfolg, Grischa! pic.twitter.com/7T9n1obEgK
— TSG Hoffenheim (@tsghoffenheim) November 13, 2023
Dortmund's Nmecha had to withdraw at short notice due to "slight problems in the hip area", as the DFB announced. Robin Gosens and Malick Thiaw had previously withdrawn. Both will become fathers in the coming days and therefore wanted to stay with their families. Nagelsmann had called up David Raum from RB Leipzig to replace Gosens.
The national coach now has 26 players in his squad for the last international matches of the year. The fitness of Mats Hummels (back) and Leon Goretzka (muscular problems), who came to the meeting point in Frankfurt despite their complaints, is still unclear. The first training session at the DFB Campus is scheduled for Tuesday. The squad will then move to Berlin on Friday for the Turkey game in the Olympic Stadium.
Fifth new addition to the A team
Alongside Marvin Ducksch (29) and Janis Blaswich (32), who have been called up for the first time, as well as his Hoffenheim colleague Oliver Baumann (33) and Robert Andrich (29) from Bayer Leverkusen, Prömel (28) is the fifth professional in the current squad who has never played for the senior team.
However, the midfielder has a successful DFB CV. In 2016, the former junior international was one of the silver medal winners at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He has also been in the national team's sights. However, a broken ankle almost exactly a year ago stopped him for a long time.
- Grischa Prömel, who has never represented the senior national team before, was called up as a replacement for Felix Nmecha due to hip issues.
- Julian Nagelsmann's decision to bring in Prömel for Nmecha marks the fifth new addition to the national team's squad, which now boasts 26 players.
- Despite minor injuries, Mats Hummels and Leon Goretzka joined the national team's meeting point in Frankfurt, but their fitness for the upcoming matches against Turkey and Austria remains uncertain.
Source: www.dpa.com
