Klopp set to leave Undav out of his first squad as Frankfurt duo take his place | OneFootball

Sky Sports reports on Tuesday night that Stuttgart striker Deniz Undav will not be nominated by Jürgen Klopp when the UEFA Nations League squad is announced on Thursday. The 30-year-old has a slow start to the season with the Swabians.

According to Florian Plettenberg, Klopp informed the player about the decision in a personal conversation. The Sky Sports reporter also confirmed that Eintracht Frankfurt duo Younes Ebnoutalib and Jonathan Burkardt are going to be included in his place.

It’ll be a first selection for Ebnoutalib, who started the Bundesliga campaign with a hat-trick away at Union Berlin. Burkardt was omitted from the World Cup squad after failing to score in his first five appearances for Germany.

Meanwhile, Undav was Germany’s joint-top-scorer in the tournament staged in North America alongside Kai Havertz. The Varel-native has scored nine goals in 13 appearances, all of which were under Julian Nagelsmann.