Auf geht's, Jungs: German Youth Discussion Thread Vol. V

LOL such a fast rise.

Bayern are keeping a close eye on Köln winger Said El Mala (19) and have expressed their interest. The player is on Bayern's shortlist for the upcoming transfer windows. Köln have already been informed. Borussia Dortmund are also interested. El Mala is under contract in Köln… pic.twitter.com/4dqQkAPJpa

— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) October 6, 2025

from
-best player in 3rd Liga last season
-youngest ever double digit scorer in 3rd Liga last season
-U19 Euro Golden Boot in Summer 2025 alongside 06 CF Moerstedt. Also Team of Tourney too.
-already performing in 1BL level this season
-now on course for top club next season it seems.

 

our 0 CF Pool continues to grow but still stuck at 0!!!!!!

on 04 CF Urbich who made his 1BL/pro debut as a 21 min sub for Gladbach.
https://rp-online.de/sport/fussball...-verbandsliga-in-die-bundesliga_aid-136321051

 

06 RB Reich made his XI debut for 2BL FCN over weekend. Looks like most reactions are that he was decent and has potential, needs more game time.

so last week we had
05-Muller (although looking like playing at LB over RB), 07-Pedrosa, 07-Koscierski all breakthrough 2BL XI and 3/3 again in XI this past weekend and now add 06-Reich this past weekend. So that's 4 emerging RBs at 2BL level.

Pedrosa+Koscierski also both bagged assists this weekend too.

06-07 aka next U21 cycle is looking like the cycle that will have a MASSIVE RB Pool, like biggest one yet.
-06=Reich (2BL XI), von der Hitz (trying to breakthrough 2BL), Bulut (trying to breakthrough Turkish 1st), Moreira (made his 2nd cap over weekend as 11 min sub for Portuguese 1st club.)
-07=Pedrosa (2BL XI), Koscierski (2BL XI)

thing to remember is that this lot has 2 years before next cycle and 6/6 play for relevant pro footy. 2 years is enough time for 6/6 to be in top 4 leagues come Summer 2027.

 

Dennis Seimen has been called up to Germany’s U21s.

One of the best up-and-coming goalkeepers around.

The first time I watched him was three years ago, a VfB U17 match against Schalke.
That team was stacked with talent: Ulrich, Di Benedetto, Simic, Kara, and more.

But the one… pic.twitter.com/X2d4GBwVcL

— Emir - Scouting (@EKscouting) October 6, 2025

#Sky Info: #VfB is currently not planning to buy #Nübel. Around 10 million in salary (2/3 still paid by #Bayern), price tag likely 20-25 million. Too expensive as a package. Loan not an issue. If #Seimen’s development in #Paderborn continues, he is expected to take over as number one next season.@skysportde @Plettigoal

#Sky Info: #VfB plant aktuell keinen #Nübel Kauf. Rund 10 Mio Gehalt (2/3 zahlt noch #Bayern), Pricetag wohl 20-25 Mio. Im Paket zu teuer. Leihe kein Thema. Geht die Entwicklung von #Seimen in #Paderborn weiter, soll er kommende Saison als Eins übernehmen@skysportde @Plettigoal pic.twitter.com/gbtrRpZQAv

— Dennis Bayer (@_dennisbayer) October 6, 2025

 

3rd time the charm, LOL. Got called up last season to retract, was going to get called up to U21 Euro but choose Club World Cup with Bayern instead, got called up to September but retracted.

📸🇩🇪 Tom Bischof training with the U21 national team for the first time pic.twitter.com/AiyRgZLz3j

— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) October 7, 2025

are we gonna see
Bischof+Ouedraogo M duo???

 

on 05 AM/W Komur of 1BL Augsburg.

🚨🆕 Mert #Kömür has attracted interest from several Premier League and Bundesliga clubs. His dream is to play in the Champions League.

The 20 y/o versatile striker from FC Augsburg is improving steadily under coach Sandro Wagner, having already scored two goals and provided… pic.twitter.com/R9iil4Faek

— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) October 7, 2025

 

Triple 1BL Stuttgart update,
04 AM/W Diehl (had assist in 3rd Liga II while in XI), 06 CB Jeltsch, 06 AM/W Darvich are all back from injury and in team training.

 

Antonio Di Salvo on...
... the personnel situation: Linus Gechter cannot travel due to injury, as can Aljoscha Kemlein, who has also withdrawn. Instead, we have nominated Elias Baum and Kofi Amoako. This morning, Nnamdi Collins also called me to say he has a mild flu infection. We are now waiting day by day and hope that he will still be available for us on Friday.

... the goalkeeping spot: We had to make a new selection in the goalkeeper position because Mio Backhaus was injured. Leon Wechsel has distinguished himself with his good performances in the U20s. Dennis Seimen will be the frontrunner in goal. He has kept four clean sheets in Paderborn recently and has performed well in those games.

... the upcoming matches against Northern Ireland and Greece: We are looking forward to the two games against two good opponents. Northern Ireland recently drew 1-1 in Georgia. And we all know that Georgia is currently on an upswing in football terms. Greece is a good team and has a lot to offer, especially up front. Stefanos Tzimas alone played strongly in Nuremberg last year. We have a lot to look forward to. They also did very well in the 5-0 win against Malta in the first match. Our group is generally very evenly matched, so we won't underestimate the other teams either.

... Tom Bischof's debut: We've nominated Tom twice in the past, but unfortunately, he had to withdraw due to injury. I'm glad he can now be there. Tom is a very experienced player with well over 40 Bundesliga appearances. If he's fit, he'll be in the starting lineup and pulling the strings for us in the center.

... the "K question" after Finn Jeltsch's injury: It's an important question who will play as captain. I'll talk to the guys and find out who's considering it, and then make a decision.

... Said El Mala and other attacking options: I'm obviously happy about the many options in attack; that gives us plenty of opportunities. We played very well against Latvia and are now adding even more quality. We'll get an idea of who will be in the starting eleven. Everyone can see the potential Said El Mala has. He showed that at the weekend with a great goal for Cologne. We have to build him up carefully, but also give him the chance to play. We shouldn't hype up every move, especially since he's not yet consistently playing at his age. But the direction is good and valuable.

 

-Germany U17 beats Luxembourg 4-0 in U17 Euro Qualifiers
Goals by Najdi, Eichhorn X2, Veit

-Germany U19 beats Armenia 7-0 in U19 Euro Qualifiers
Goals by Stange, Onyeka X2, Gaul Souza, Engelns, Schmetgens, Culbreath

 

07 CF Stange going at it solo past like 3 players for his goal today.

Für alle die das Tor nicht gesehen haben https://t.co/LRrMF4ZcXc pic.twitter.com/J0zfI8KrlU

— 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐚 🪐 (@mxka26_) October 8, 2025

🇩🇪 OTTO STANGE (18) in his last 4 games:

• Vs Armenia U19 ⚽️
• Vs Magdeburg ⚽️
• Vs Holstein Kiel ⚽️
• Vs Eintracht Braunschweig 🅰️🅰️

A future star rising fast in German football! ⭐🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/FI9VVBQcrG

— New Ballers (@newballers7) October 8, 2025

 

05 M Raebiger back from LONG term injury at 2BL EB, scored a curling goal in a 6-0 W vs 2BL Magdeburg. Seems to be getting praise too.

hopefully stays fit for once.....if not for constant injury proness could already be in 1BL by now.

his main issue is that he could very well be dumped on 3rd Liga loan come Winter. With whole
"he's been injured for sooooooooo long he needs match practice!!! EXCUSE."

hopefully not and that he re-breakthrough 2BL instead.

 

09 M Eichhorn who has brokethrough 2BL Hertha XI with 4 back to back XIs is now most valuable player in ALL of 2BL according to all the reports.

and of course all the top clubs are following his progress. Will be curious to where he ends up post Hertha.

interesting times ahead for Ms.
-01 Stiller likely playing his last season at Stuttgart. Top clubs are interested too.
-04 Pavlovic, an XI at Bayern
-05 Bischof breakingthrough Bayern
-05 Aseko is having a HUGE HIT 2BL XI loan and already interest from 1BL clubs. Him breakingthrough at Bayern is wait and see, most recent report was club is satisfied with his progress. Question is whether Bayern next or another 1BL club. A player like Raebiger who if not for injury proness would have been in 1BL AGES Ago.
-05 Ulrich is an 2BL XI on loan. Will he join 05 GK Seimen in breakingthrough 1BL Stuttgart next season??? Notorious trash club for Academy.
-06 Ouedraogo brokethrough Leipzig XI. Getting LOADS of praise too.
-09 Eichhorn is 100% headed to top club in near future
-06 Watjen+08 Kaba will they breakthrough BVB in future????
-08 Is is closest Frankfurt Academy Youth to 1st team

outside of Stiller whole list is 04-onwards aka still YNT eligible. Nevermind all of the other Ms from 1BL-2BL-3rd Liga clubs.

 

10 CF Assomo

Bayern’s summer youth signing Bastian Assomo (2010) has had an impressive start with the U17s so far:

3 games, 6 goals, 1 assist.

On top of that, he scored 3 goals and provided 1 assist in his U16 international debut against Austria last month. pic.twitter.com/3XcARMmarS

— BayernTalente (@CampusVid2) October 5, 2025

we still need to see how much of this is physicality aka we need to wait and see how he adapts in U19 and above level 1st.

 

Antonio Di Salvo on...
... the training week so far: The training week has been eventful, as there were several absences. Brajan Gruda is injured and will not be available for both international matches. Nnamdi Collins has not yet arrived due to illness. However, we hope he can play on Tuesday against Northern Ireland. We have called up Julian Pauli and Tim Drexler, who both played for the U20 team in Portugal. Many thanks to coach Hannes Wolf. The collaboration was good as always and ran smoothly, so they will both be arriving today.

... the team's training quality: The training quality was really good, just like in September; I told the team that. Because we had fewer players, we couldn't implement everything and had to postpone training sessions. But that's not a problem; we are well prepared.

... tomorrow's opponent: Greece is a good team. They certainly want to qualify for the European Championship. They are strong players and, especially in attack, have better quality than Latvia. We want to be a difficult opponent and impose our style.

... the captaincy question: The three captains from September aren't with us. So, there will be a different captain, but who that will be hasn't been decided yet. We'll be taking care of that starting this evening and are continuing to have many discussions.

... the newcomers Assan Ouedraogo and Kofi Amoako: He's an extremely exciting player with enormous potential. He's been battling a lot of injuries recently. He's a strong player, a dribbler, and a strong header. I'm happy he's with us, because he's earned it through his recent performances at the club. Kofi, on the other hand, is a strong defensive midfielder who loves to play aggressively.

... Nicolo Tresoldi, who is being courted by the Italian FA: I've spoken with him, and Nicolo is currently fully focused on our U21 team and his performances in Bruges. It's logical that other associations are interested in players who have dual citizenship. There has been no contact with him from the Italian side so far.

 

Dennis Seimen on Finn Dahmen and Noah Atubolu, who made the jump to the senior national team: "That motivates me a lot. It's everyone's goal to get there. When you see how close you are, you really want to make it."


so sounds like 05 GK Seimen who is eligible for Romania wants to make it to Germany SNT.

reality is that ALL the young GKs realize the 1 truth the current SNT crop are all in their 30s and chance is there to make it with Germany in near future especially post WC26.

-Ramaj has said he wants to play Germany. If he can make himself BVB #1 in future could happen where he gets at MIN a call up.
-Atubolu has also said same he wants Germany and he sees chance to become #1
-Seimen also wants to make it with Germany from today's update.
-Backhaus is the question mark as he seems open to bailing, LOL. And Japan seems to be doubling their efforts to poach him. My feeling on him is that he might have a TIME LIMIT with Germany aka wouldn't be surprised if come WC30 if he doesn't breakthrough Germany he'll bail. Japan usually qualifies for WC too.


what's interesting about Seimen.
-Atubolu became 1BL #1 at 21 y/o
-Backhaus became 1BL #1 at 21 y/o
-Seimen is headed towards 1BL #1 at 20 y/o......yeah younger than everyone. Also Stuttgart is bigger club than both Freiburg and Bremen too as well as a notorious SHIT club for Academy players so him become #1 there is BIGGER accomplishment.

last Stuttgart Academy GK who became Stuttgart #1 was Timo Hildebrand who became #1 at 21 y/o. So Seimen would be younger than even him. And Hildebrand is a Legend, won 1BL with club in 2007 and also has the most consecutive clean sheet run in 1BL history too. Believe from Stuttgart perspective youngest #1 since someone like 30 years ago back in 90s became #1 at 20 y/o.

irony is that Seimen could and SHOULD have become 1BL Stuttgart #1 earlier. Stuttgart always balked at integrating any Academy and even more so a GK. Always made a SHIT TON of excuses to NOT play him, LOL.

they even forced him to play every freaking level just to reach 1BL. This club REALLY tries their best to sabotage every Academy player, LOL. Like I guarantee that if Seimen wasn't having a HUGE HIT 2BL loan he likely would get the axe come Summer. But since he's seen as best GK in 2BL and LOADS of clubs are interested that will FORCE their hand, LMAO.

Timeline of his career.
-his 1st adult season was in Stuttgart II in RL=3rd Liga Promotion. Was 17-18 y/o.
-his 2nd adult season and 1st pro season was last season with 3rd Liga Stuttgart II. He was a MAJOR reason as to why they even survived. Like he saved the club's ass in sooooooo many matches. Was 18-19 y/o.
-his 3rd adult season and 2nd pro season aka THIS season is 2BL Paderborn #1 on loan. He first had to beat the competition to become #1 too. And now already seen as BEST GK in 2BL. Is 19-20 y/o, still 19 y/o.
-his 4th adult season and 3rd pro season aka NEXT season looking like 1BL Stuttgart #1. Will be 20-21 y/o.

so far 3/3 successful seasons for him in adult footy and 2/2 success in pro footy too.

 

LOL, Bischof 1st U21 call up=CAPTAIN.

AUFTRAG IST KLAR❗️❤️‍🔥#U21 #GERGRE #UNSEREZUKUNFT | 📸 Thomas Böcker/DFB pic.twitter.com/omFgKFnI8m

— DFB-Nachwuchs (@DFBNachwuchs) October 10, 2025

 

Tom Meyer wird #meinVfL-Profi! Unser nächstes Top-Talent bleibt langfristig anne Castroper. Freuen uns! #TachTom

Tom spielt aktuell für unsere U19, war aber auch schon immer mal wieder bei den Profis dabei. So wie gestern beim Aachen-Test. pic.twitter.com/s1gNbXYczi

— VfL Bochum 1848 (@VfLBochum1848eV) October 10, 2025

07 M Meyer signs pro contract with 2BL Bochum.

 

LOL, down 2-0 in like 2 mins.
the XI looks like very disjointed.

a 1-0 down after FK and double headers then Seimen trying to dribble past the opponent and gets caught out and 2-0 down.

very messy match.

 

We nearly always have one match like this in the qualifiers. We look too open out of possession.

 

we seem back to how it was during qualifiers of previous cycle where its a mess and disjointed, LOL. And biggest issue is whole pedestrian aspect from our own team.

the biggest chance creator to the other team is always our own D gifting them goals, LMAO.

its not surprising since its a new D, like Ullrich is the only player who was XI last International break. Seimen, Morgalla, Rothe, Blank were NOT in XI in September.

 

and its usually those games that are used to write off the cycle by DFB+fans, LMAO.

we need at least 1 goal before HT.

 

this is one game where playing 2 CFs isn't working.

we have no M dominance.

 

Yeah I guess, maybe take off Tresoldi and sub in Ouedraogo in the 2nd half? Maybe put El Mala on as well.

 

yeah we are missing a Gruda who actually attempts to dribble past 2-3, nobody is even trying that.

 

LOL so unlucky hitting the post should have been 1-2.