Germany's World Cup ended in the round of 32 against Paraguay, and Julian Nagelsmann's resignation followed soon after. His successor, Jürgen Klopp, has wasted no time in reshaping the squad. The new head coach has called up forty-four players across two entirely separate squads for four Nations League fixtures, with Germany facing the Netherlands, Serbia and Greece four times inside a fortnight. Klopp named five goalkeepers, with Marc-André ter Stegen, currently on loan at Ajax, installed as the first-choice goalkeeper of the first squad. Captain Joshua Kimmich retains his status, though he shifts from defence into midfield.
Deniz Undav, Leroy Sané and Oliver Baumann all missed out on the list altogether. Reflecting on the relentless rhythm now facing the national side, Klopp described four matches in two weeks as a fairly unusual state of affairs for an international team. The German rejected any suggestion that his players had been divided into a hierarchy, insisting this was not a case of an A team and a B team, but of two squads each assembled so that the players complement one another perfectly. The first group face the Netherlands and Greece on 24 September, while the second take on Serbia and Greece in the return fixtures.
