{"id":7329,"date":"2026-09-17T20:10:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=7329"},"modified":"2026-09-17T20:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:10:27","slug":"jurgen-klopp-calls-up-44-players-for-first-international-window-with-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=7329","title":{"rendered":"J\u00fcrgen Klopp Calls Up 44 Players For First International Window With Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225>J\u00fcrgen Klopp said he wants to help spread national pride in Germany as he announced a super-sized first roster as national team coach with an appeal to &#8220;reclaim the flag.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225>Klopp is aiming to reconnect German soccer fans with their team after yet another World Cup failure. With a roster of 44 players across two separate squads \u2014 16 of them uncapped \u2014 for upcoming Nations League games, he&#8217;s creating many more Germany internationals, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225>&#8220;I&#8217;d like to reclaim the flag for me, or for us, to be totally honest,&#8221; the former Liverpool manager said, wearing a cap in German black, red and gold with the slogan &#8220;One of 83 million,&#8221; referencing the country&#8217;s population.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225>&#8220;I\u2019d like it if, when you\u2019re waving it, no one thinks there\u2019s something wrong with you, but that they just feel you&#8217;re happy and you understand you&#8217;re lucky to be born in this wonderful country, to grow up here or to have moved here, that you live here. I&#8217;d like that a lot,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I&#8217;ve had this thought in my head that I don&#8217;t want to leave national pride to the wrong people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span>(Photo by Hannes P. Albert \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225>Klopp used the term &#8220;positive patriotism&#8221; and suggested Germans would benefit from a more optimistic outlook on soccer and life in general.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225>&#8220;Just look now and then what good things we actually have,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225>Klopp&#8217;s comments come as Germany digests the far-right Alternative for Germany&#8217;s victory in an election in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt this month.<\/p>\n<p><span>(Photo by Maciej Rogowski\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images)<\/span> <!--&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225>Klopp's double roster turns the upcoming games against the Netherlands, Greece and Serbia into an extended audition for places ahead of the next major tournament, the 2028 European Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225>Stars like Florian Wirtz and Kai Havertz will likely be limited to a maximum of two of the games as Klopp looks to fit in more new faces and reduce the workload on players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225>It continues his unorthodox start to life in international soccer after he began by threatening to resign if he felt criticism was too overwhelming or the media was too intrusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225>Forward Karim Adeyemi returns for the first time in 11 months after a positive start at his new club Barcelona, while Ajax's Marc-Andr\u00e9 ter Stegen is first-choice goalkeeper after Manuel Neuer's international retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225>Many of the players called up Thursday have never played for Germany's senior team. Some, like Elversberg midfielder Felix Keidel and Eintracht Frankfurt forward Younes Ebnoutalib, have only played a handful of top-division club games. Celtic's Mika Baur, Brentford's Vitaly Janelt and Cologne youngster Said El Mala are among more new faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>(Photo by Harry Langer\/picture alliance via Getty Images)<\/span> --><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225>The only squad limit in the league phase is that teams must submit a list of 23 before midnight ahead of each game, but they can switch out players between games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225>Still, there is no place for striker Deniz Undav, who led Germany with three goals and two assists at the World Cup before a round-of-32 loss on penalties to Paraguay spelled the end of coach Julian Nagelsmann&#8217;s tenure. Galatasaray winger Leroy Sane also misses out and won&#8217;t add to his 80 caps for Germany.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225>Germany starts against the Netherlands on Sept. 24, before playing Greece three days later, Serbia on Oct. 1 and Greece again Oct. 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-0a453225><i>Reporting by The Associated Press.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BROWSE BY J\u00fcrgen Klopp said he wants to help spread national pride in Germany as he announced a super-sized first roster as national team coach with an appeal to &#8220;reclaim the flag.&#8221; Klopp is aiming to reconnect German soccer fans with their team after yet another World Cup failure. 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