Germany preliminary squad for Russia 2018

Germany preliminary squad for Russia 2018

Germany preliminary squad for Russia 2018

Joachim Low named the squad of 27-players and announcing a contract he has already signed that will run until Qatar 2022.

The four-time winners of the World Cup, Germany have been led by Low since 2006, first as an assistant at Germany, that same year. With the new contract which expires at the end of the next Cup in Qatar, he’ll be surpassing the likes of Sepp Herberger and Helmut Schon as their all-time longest-serving coaches.

GERMAN SQUAD

Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona, Spain), Kevin Trapp (Paris Saint-Germain, France), Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen);

Defenders:  Jonas Hector (Cologne), Marvin Plattenhardt (Hertha Berlin), Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels, Niklas Sule and Joshua Kimmich (all Bayern Munich), Matthias Ginter (Borussia Monchengladbach),  Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen),  Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea, England);

Midfielders/Forwards: Julian Draxler (Paris Saint-Germain, France), Mario Gomez (Vfb Stuttgart), Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), Ilkay Gundogan and Leroy Sane (Manchester City, England), Leon Goretzka (Schalke 04), Sami Khedira (Juventus, Italy), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid, Spain), Thomas Muller and Sebastien Rudy (both Bayern Munich),  Nils Petersen (SC Freiburg), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal, England),  Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Timo Werner (RB Leipzig).

Germany preliminary squad for Russia 2018