National crew: Nadiem Amiri is out – Nagelsmann surprises with a late call-up | EUROtoday

Julian Nagelsmann has one other shocking addition to the DFB squad. The nationwide coach has nominated Leipzig’s high expertise Assan Ouedraogo. It is the primary appointment for the 19-year-old.

Background for this personnel resolution: Mainz’s Nadiem Amiri is affected by adductor issues and he did not even come. Ouedraogo is because of be part of the crew on Monday night as they put together in Wolfsburg for the 2 World Cup qualifying video games in Luxembourg (Friday, 8.45 p.m./RTL) and Slovakia (Monday, 8.45 p.m./ZDF).

“It’s a great shame that Nadiem is out for the two important games. We would like to fill his position in the squad on a 1-1 basis, which is why we decided to nominate Assan Ouedraogo,” stated Nagelsmann concerning the resolution. “Assan is currently doing very well in the Bundesliga. He is a young, promising player, similar to Said El Mala, who we would like to see in training.”

Ouedraogo’s profession is presently solely going up – and never simply at RB Leipzig. After the midfield jewel, born in Mülheim an der Ruhr in 2006, established himself within the beginning line-up of the Bundesliga runners-up with sturdy performances, the 2023 U17 world champion was additionally promoted to the DFB. In October he was nominated for the U21 nationwide crew for the primary time, however he was truly meant for the U21 squad once more this time. Now the bounce into the senior nationwide crew follows.

When Ouedraogo moved from Schalke to Leipzig in the summertime of 2024, he was one of the vital sought-after skills in Germany. Bayern additionally wished the U17 champion. But accidents set his growth again. First a critical knee damage, then thigh surgical procedure – Ouedraogo solely made 5 quick appearances in all competitions final season for simply 70 minutes.

Praise from Nagelsmann

He is in high kind this season and is underneath new coach Ole Werner. Ouedraogo has two targets and three assists in ten Bundesliga video games and is in second place within the desk with RB. At the tip of September he instructed “Bild” when requested how distant the objective of the senior nationwide crew was: “I’m not thinking about that at the moment. You always have to remain realistic. I was out for a long time, had few minutes of play and the competition is tough.”

Now issues are taking place quicker than anticipated. Nagelsmann had already praised him at a press convention on Monday morning and gave him World Cup hopes: “There are many players in the draw who can slip in. That can affect Ouedraogo, that can affect Lennart Karl, that can affect Tresoldi.”

Ouedraogo is the third RB participant in Nagelsmann’s squad after full-backs Ridle Baku and David Raum.