yeah they qualified, seems to be a reason why Amine Harit of Schalke switched to Morroco after being a France youth player. Abouchabaka is another German-Morroco and I believe there are a bunch others too. That's the thing about duals, you have to constantly call them up otherwise the allure of switching pops up. It's why the best ones are the ones who's countries aren't good. Countries who qualify for the WC are more likely to poach players from us. Nigeria with their German coach have been trying to poach German-Nigerians for awhile.
well Torunarigha, Uduokhai, Barkok for example are regular for our youth NTs So if they go for Nigeria or Morroco, DFB have nothing to blame It’s just their decisions. Kolasinac was a regular for our youth NT too, and so was Cenk Tosun. It’s a non-factor in my opinion Bosnian-German for example, tend to choose Bosnia ahead of Germany
thing is it's very very easy to keep players while they still play in the NT youth level. the problem is the senior levels, our coach doesn't really give chances to many new players and tends to stick to the same bunch of players. From that players who are dual aren't going to wait years and years and years before they get called up to the seniors. It;s why Kolasinac, Tosun etc left and why numerous others will leave as well. also Nigeria are trying to poach Torunarigha, Uduokhai. Recall reading something like Uduokhai might have switched to Nigeria seniors NT had the German U21 not called him up for the 1st time. Although injuries prevented him from playing for the U21 and he's still not fully fit. From that if true, it means the kid could jump ship post U21 if the German seniors don't call him up.
I thought he was called for the U21 He won’t be fit until next month anyway. His chance of being called up by nigeria is getting slimmer I m more worried about Barkok
lol what did I say. According to reports in Germany, the Nigeria Football Federation are in talks with Hertha Berlin central defender Jordan Torunarigha over representing the Super Eagles at the 2018 World Cup. Torunarigha's adviser Tomas Zorn says his client is honored to be approached by the Nigerian Federation but has not entirely ruled out the possibility of representing German youth teams. Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr used the same tactics to lure Chelsea defender Ola Aina, ADO Den Haag's Tyronne Ebuehi and Amkar Perm ace Brian Idowu to pledge their international future to the Super Eagles, rather than the countries of their births. ''That's true. We have such a request from the NFF," Zorn said to German newspaper B.Z. "Jordan must listen to his heart. This request is a huge honour, and also a confirmation for his great development. But I think his journey for the German FA is not over." If Torunarigha accepts the offer from the Nigerian Federation, it means he will play his last games for Germany U21s against Israel and Kosovo later this month. Born in Chemnitz, Germany, he has racked up 16 appearances for Germany's U18, U19 and U20 teams. http://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=26969 would be a massive blow to lose him. He's currently on the German U21 squad. All of this because they have a German coach. German coaches coaching other countries isn't a great thing as they will always try to poach duals.
how annoying and more respect to those who turn down the easy path. Germany: Show your worth constantly at the highest level possible and playing for the seniors is likely Other countries: Join us and we'll put you on the WC final squads even though you contributed 0 to the qualifiers. And the sole reason to put you on the squad is to getting you to join permanently.
Well Choupo-Moting, Joel Matip, Tosun and Kolasinac chose to jump ship But I don’t think they were too highly rated in DFB youth setup. Coupo-Moting for example , he had Manuel Fischer, Thomas Muller and Schieber in front of him; Tosun had Lasogga, Uth, Mlapa and Ginczek Emrehan Gedikli for example, I won’t be worried about it at all
outside of Muller none of those guys made the seniors. Kolasinac is better than Mustafi too bad we got stuck with mediocrity instead. Youth strikers are the hardest to pin down in terms of future success, tooo many examples of only a handful succeeding. Gedikli is one we cannot let go, but will be a problem if Prus still plays with false 9 in 2 years. 3rd Liga 98-.Diawusie with his 10th assist of the season as his team are winning 4-2. 98-Lauberbach in the same game scored 1 of the 2 goals for Erfut who are losing 4-2.
Looks like Lenn Jastremski might leave Wolfsburg this summer, Think he can make an impact if he chooses a club that are willing to give me a chance and are in need of a young striker Wolfsburg hav many strikers ahead of him, I don’t think he is useless given his size and aerial dominance. I team like Mainz can use him
it's boggles the mind how 3 different Wolfsburg coaches prefer Osimhen over every single player in Wolfsburg Ii, U19 etc. Based on absolutely nothing to be honest. It's all because of the U17 WC, now we have another club in Bremen with Sargent going after a player because of U17 WC. Well I hope it works better for them than Wolfsburg. Now they have numerous striker health issues and the coach is finally considering Blaz Kramer from the reserves. Seem like a pretty bad club to play for. Not sure how Nieland, Herrmann etc expect to make the main team when they currently seem to be like the 6th-7th choices. Wolfsburg recently seem to accumulate German attacking youth players. Jastremski is better off leaving there as there are too many players in the way.
#Poland has been selected by @FIFAcom to host the U20 World Cup in 2019! https://t.co/kDAhZOZ2xz— Embassy of Poland U.S. (@PolishEmbassyUS) March 16, 2018
completely forget but Kuhn finally made his pro and Ajax II debut yesterday playing 2 minutes in a 4-2 win. Next game is next Sunday vs 15th placed team AZ II. Interesting to note that TM has Kuhn with an assist in the small time he's played and position he played in the game was LW.
yeah he registered an assist in his 1st game at Ajax II. from the 5:05-onwards mark as the other team tries to tie the game to make it 3-3, Ajax II do a counter where Kuhn lays out the pass between the 2 defenders to give his teammate the 1v1, which he scores to end the game 4-2. also seems like he missed a chance to score himself.
according to TM, Antonis Aidonis is moving to Stuttgart U19 in the Summer 2018. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/antonis-aidonis/profil/spieler/405674
https://www.schwaebische.de/landkre...len-den-fans-etwas-bieten-_arid,10835994.html What happened to Moukoko?
U17 X3:Hartmann (not sure why he's still in the U17, he was doing well while playing for the U19) X2:Jastremski, Tekin, El Bakali X1: Pohlmann, Memisevic (???), Grimm, Makanda, Maier, John, Dautaj, Adigo U19 X3: Niklas Wiemann X1: Bapoh, Kade, Zografakis, Kiprit (???),
things look worse all the time with Felix Platte. Seems like he has a muscle tear in the calf and will be out even longer. This kid's whole career is nothing but injuries.
99-18 year old Linton Maina made his pro debut for Hannover today playing 4 minutes vs Dortmund. 86‘ Unsere #Roten nehmen den letzten Wechsel vor: @Bundesliga_DE-Debüt! 🔁⬅️ Marvin #Bakalorz ➡️ Linton #Maina#H96 #NiemalsAllein ⚫️⚪️💚 | #BVBH96 1:0— Hannover 96 (@Hannover96) March 18, 2018
Shabani made the Bayern bench for the 1st time! Unser Team für #RBLFCB!#packmas #FCBayern #MiaSanMia pic.twitter.com/1aEsjAS3Fz— FC Bayern München (@FCBayern) March 18, 2018
Hey all, Sadly as my career has job has gotten more hectic over the past couple years, I've lost track of the German youth prospects. I have a hard enough time keeping up with the Bundesliga. Would someone be willing to give me a brief rundown of our brightest up-and-coming prospects? Appreciated!