The aforementioned Moukoko (16) has three goals in 14 Dortmund appearances. Uncapped winger Florian Wirtz (18), of Bayer Leverkusen, has 17 goal contributions in 47 senior club appearances. Playmaker Musiala (18), already has five caps and looks a future Ballon d’Or winner. They can form the basis of the next era, while younger talents stake their claim ahead of Qatar 2022. Havertz, Werner, Gnabry, Sule and Sane are senior players all aged 25 or under. One massive boon, heading into the new era, is the quality of young players coming through. Square pegs in round holes won’t cut it much longer. The 22-year-old Lukas Nmecha, of Manchester City, could be an option if he builds on last season's successful loan spell at Anderlecht.įailing that, Flick will have to help one of his current “forwards” - Havertz, perhaps - develop into the striker Germany needs right now. The most exciting natural striker emerging in Germany is 16-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko. Unfortunately for Germany, there is no quick fix. While all four know where the goal is, each performs better in a supporting role. Evidently not trusted, Low has instead selected Timo Werner, Serge Gnabry, Kai Havertz and Thomas Muller to play centre-forward at various times over the past 12 months. Germany entered Euro 2020 with only one natural no.9 in their squad - Monaco’s Kevin Volland. The 23-year-old is rapid, a great dribbler and made more blocks than any player in the Bundesliga last season. Meanwhile, a new right-back is needed to replace Kimmich, and Wolfsburg’s Riedl Baku would be a popular choice. The Bayern defender is quick, strong and good on the ball. Mats Hummels turns 33 this year Ginter struggled to impose himself in any match and Antonio Rudiger was labelled "weak" by German outlet kicker on Wednesday morning.įlick may look to bring Niklas Sule - on the bench throughout Euro 2020 - back into the starting lineup. None of the three centre-backs who started against England are shoe-ins for the new era. But who starts alongside the Atalanta man in a back four? Robin Gosens has been one of the few positive takeaways for Germany at this Euros and the left-back has solved a long-standing issue in that position. Flick was a big fan of a 4-2-3-1 during Bayern’s sensational treble-winning campaign in 2019/20, and it’s likely Germany will adopt that set-up under him at next winter’s World Cup in Qatar. It will be a welcome change. This would allow Germany to make better use of their attacking resources, with a defensive player swapped out for an extra forward. But things have hardly improved - even with the reintroduction of Hummels at Euro 2020 - and it’s time to revert to a four-man defence. It made sense to experiment at the time, given Low axed experienced centre-back pairing Mats Hummels and Jerome Boateng after the tournament. Germany’s implementation of a back three began in October 2018, following the Nationalmannschaft’s disastrous defending at the World Cup in Russia.
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