Hamann slams Germany boss Nagelsmann over BVB star | OneFootball

After Julian Nagelsmann announced the squad, Dietmar Hamann voiced clear criticism. The TV expert cannot understand the omission of a BVB star.

TV expert Dietmar Hamann has expressed strong criticism of national coach Julian Nagelsmann’s squad selection for the upcoming World Cup qualifying matches against Luxembourg and Slovakia. In particular, the decision to leave out Borussia Dortmund’s Maximilian Beier and Stuttgart’s Angelo Stiller has left the former international baffled.

“I would have taken Maximilian Beier and Angelo Stiller with me,” Hamann explained on the Sky show Triple. “Stuttgart are currently one of the best teams.” He cannot understand that Beier, of all people, who has earned a regular spot in Dortmund, did not receive an invitation. “Maximilian Beier, on the other hand, has not been nominated, even though he’s doing very well in Dortmund. That’s a bigger setback for Maximilian Beier than it is good for Said El Mala.”

Instead of the Dortmund striker, shooting star Said El Mala from 1. FC Köln was called up to the squad for the first time—a decision Hamann considers premature. “For me, the nomination comes too early. I would have waited until spring; then you could still have nominated him,” emphasized the 1996 European champion.

DFB squad sparks debate: Hamann misses BVB star Beier

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Hamann sees a problematic trend in the national coach’s selection: “In my time, the national coach didn’t even look at you if you had fewer than 50 Bundesliga games. Maybe after 70 or 80 games, you’d make it into his notebook.” Today, the competition is much tougher due to the high proportion of foreign players, which means young German players get fewer opportunities to prove themselves at the top level.

Nagelsmann’s decision also caused surprise at Borussia Dortmund. Coach Niko Kovac said: “I’m as surprised as many of you. He’s done well for the national team and for us, has played regularly.”

Hamann also believes that the current nomination list could already provide a preview of next year’s World Cup squad—bad news for the players currently left out. “I would go so far as to say that it will be extremely difficult for the players who aren’t there now. For everyone who was dropped or not invited, it’s going to be tight,” warned the Sky expert.

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