Germany's Quest to Not Embarrass Itself, the WC26+NL24-25 Thread

Well Bayern seem to be going after a big name W signing, Williams, Barcola, Leao being linked. Also linked with Nkunku. Shame it looks like their only relevant German attacker is gonna be Musiala. Wanner is a loan candidate again apparently.

 

I'm pretty sure the only reason Eagle Eye Cherry kept getting called up to the NT was because he was playing for Bayern, but now that he's no longer a Bayern player, Nagelsmann should no longer have any reason to even consider him.

 

Yep. Can't get me head round why Bayern have not gone in for Florian Wirtz. Our clubs in Germany are embarrassingly a breeding ground for foreign talents, then sell them off for ludicrous prices.

Dortmund have signed the overrated Bellingham junior, to eventually cash in kn him.

Wirtz would have been the perfect Bayern signing and would have further build his impressive Chemistry with Musiala

 

To Bayerns defence they went all in for Wirtz but he got a clearer plan from Liverpool how they will use him as I understand it.

really hoping for Gruda to have his breakout season in PL next season. Looked really good the last part of the season. Would give us a nice alternative. Should have stayed in Germany BL though, quite sure he would have had a great season and already be a real alternative for NT.

 

Yep. Really hope wirtz does well and further developes.

As for Gruda, it's been abit of eye opener for him. PL is very physical and fast. Agree, towards the end he was finding his feet. Really hope, a good pre season, and he further improves. We desperately need him, as I think players like Sane, Ganebry are surplus for requirement

 

So after our disappointing NL FINALS …where do we stand with our NT

I see players like Andrich Furich Leweling and Anton possibly even Mittelstadt habe dropped off form

so yes we realised our team has not enough depth like Spain France and yeah even Portugal .

so who are the players we are putting our hope on and not the big names that we know .
So the players I am talking about that need to get us that depth .
Adeyemi , Pavlovic , Beier ,Stiller and Bisseck are players for me that I hope will reach the next level .
What about Bischoff I see he is very young do you guys see any perspective in him ?

and then players like Goretska , Gross , Nmecha , Tah Fulkrug Undav are they good enough ?
Seems Nagelsmann has many open questions

Germany has been hit hard by injuries this season , and fitness we can juts hope come World Cup all our players are super fit and in form , that’s the only way we will find some magic .

man’s I guess we still have that one open question who will be our striker - hope that Kleindienst and Woltemade will also step up their game .

Any thougts ?

 

I am more interested on this German U21 team. Despite young age, many are already key players for the BL clubs. If they manage to win EURO 21 title, I bet at least 6-7 players can be seriuous options for the senior natioal team.

 

I Suppose the NT will look something like this in 2028
GK: Atubolu/Ubrig/Nubel
CB: Klosterman/Bisseck/Thiaw
RB-LB - No clue to be honest
DM - Pavlovic/Stiller/Reitz/Bischof/Nmecha
AM- Wirtz/Musiala/Wanner/Gruda/Adeyemi/Beier/Karl
Forwards- Havertz Woltemade and Burkhardt

well lets see still 3 yeasr to go.... But we need to think past Kimmich, Rudiger and Goretska - Kimmich will be the one that will be diffcult to replace

I recon we have great talent waiting in line for the next years, just our defence might be lacking a bit ?

 

Our biggest U21 talents are not playing in the U21 Euro. They are already with the senior team. I am talking about Pavlovic, Musiala, Wirtz, Adeyemi, Bischof and Beier. But some of the players in this U21 team can join them of course - Gruda, Wanner, Woltemade, Collins, Weiper, etc

 

Markus has a fair point here. Kimmich needs to be played at RB at Bayern

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/joshu...sition/bltaf91f4265828b14c#cs30863789dbf0f5a7

 

Wirtz now official.

Florian Wirtz is a Red. pic.twitter.com/g8Sw65eGxT

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 20, 2025

 

Really hope it works out well. If he further improves, it bodes well for Germany for the next Decade.

 

Really frustrating. We have Leverkuson signing Quansah from Liverpool and Dortmund junior Bellingham from Sunderland on the basis of making Profit out of these players when it comes to re sale.

Where's the opportunities for our budding upcoming young German players who are itching for the chance. Just so frustrating.

 

Another issue that xxxxies me off. Kompany, a proven failure of a coach, yet he continues to play Kimmich in midfield, hence limiting Pavlovic Game time!

 

We've got Kjell Wätjen, one of the most promising German midfielders at Dortmund, warming the bench. It's maddening!

 

Leverkusen signed Oermann from Bochum, and instead of using a player that already played a full 1BL season and impressed, have loaned him to Sturm Graz. They were also linked with Thiaw, shame that isn't happening. Quansah reportedly has a buy back clause which becomes active in 2027, worth €60m. Bayer obviously see this as opportunity to make money rather then getting the, imo, better options.

 

The Golden Generation of 03 - 04 needs to be integrated in for the WCQ with experienced players who still offer quality.

Sane, Ganebry, Gross, Rudiger etc have to be moved on now.

 

Who replaces Rudiger?

 

A and B team would
Like our team to transform to this

plus a few extra Nagelsmänner

Fulkrug
Burkhardt
Gnabry
Gosens
Raum
Leweling
Furich
Anton
Koch
Andrich
Amiri
Nmecha
Baumann Nebel
Inwouod say Same has had his last days

maybe a few guys from the U21 still