Sane excluded from Germany’s World Cup squad

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Germany's Leroy Sane

Germany have announced their 23-man squad for the Fifa World Cup but have not included Leroy Sane, writes DEAN WORKMAN.

Die Mannschaft will be looking to defend the crown they won in Brazil four years ago when they head to Russia to compete in the 2018 edition and have named a squad capable of doing just that.

Manuel Neuer was selected despite playing his first match since September 2017 in Saturday’s loss to Austria. The German captain missed large parts of the 2017-18 campaign due to injury, but coach Joachim Low has indicated that he will be the first choice goalkeeper.


To the surprise of many, Low decided to leave out Manchester City wing Sane. The 22-year-old enjoyed a stellar season under Pep Guardiola but this was not enough to seal a place on the plane to Russia.

Bernd Leno, Jonathan Tah and Nils Petersen were the other three players who were cut from the provisional 27-man squad.

Germany Squad:

Goalkeepers: Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Kevin Trapp (Paris Saint-Germain)

Defenders: Mats Hummels (Bayern Munich), Jérôme Boateng (Bayern Munich), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Jonas Hector (Cologne), Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea), Niklas Süle (Bayern Munich), Marvin Plattenhardt (Hertha Berlin), Matthias Ginter (Borussia Moenchengladbach)

Midfielders: Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Sami Khedira (Juventus), Mesut Özil (Arsenal), Julian Draxler (Paris Saint-Germain), Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City), Leon Goretzka (Schalke), Sebastian Rudy (Bayern Munich), Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen)

Forwards: Mario Gómez (Stuttgart), Timo Werner (Leipzig)

 

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