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Germany coach Joachim Löw to rest six players for September clashes

By Henrik Petersen

Germany coach Joachim Löw wil rest six players for September's UEFA Nations League games against Spain and Switzerland.
Joshua Kimmich, Manuel Neuer and Leon Goretzka.
Joshua Kimmich, Manuel Neuer and Leon Goretzka.Photo: Steffen Flor, Creative Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bayern München's Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich, Serge Gnabry, Leon Goretzka and RB Leipzig's Lukas Klostermann and Marcel Halstenberg will not be included in Germany coach Joachim Löw's squad for the upcoming UEFA Nations League games against Spain and Switzerland.


The six players will be given time to recover after having featured in the Champions League mini-tournament in Lisbon.

"The way that I am approaching my plans is as such: players who have been overexerted by the resumption of the Bundesliga will not be chosen for September’s squad, and nor will those who have taken part in the Champions League tournament in Lisbon. We want to give them the necessary time to recover. So there will certainly be no place for Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich, Serge Gnabry or Leon Goretzka from FC Bayern, or Marcel Halstenberg and Lukas Klostermann from RB Leipzig," said Löw in a statement and added:

"The situation may be a little different for Julian Draxler and Thilo Kehrer, both playing for PSG, and for Leroy Sané and Niklas Süle. All of them have worked through injuries and they have all had spells where they were not playing regularly. They need to find their rhythm again, both in training and in matches."

Germany are set to face Spain on September 3 before taking on Switzerland three days later.


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