Germany have been working in direction of including new signings to the nationwide crew for the previous few days as they search for a recent begin forward of Euro 2024 on house soil, striker Niklas Feulkrug mentioned on Wednesday.
The Germans host Peru on Saturday earlier than taking up Belgium on March 28 of their worldwide pleasant this month.
The Germans, who suffered their second consecutive group-stage World Cup exit in Qatar in December, are eager to put the muse this yr for a profitable event in Germany in 2024.
Flick has referred to as up 5 newcomers, opting to drop the skilled Thomas Müller alongside Brentford’s Kevin Schade, VfB Stuttgart’s Josha Wagnomann, Augsburg’s Margim Berisha, VfL Wolfsburg’s Felix Nemecha and Borussia Dortmund’s Marius Wolf.
“We are at a stage where we need to grow as a team now and I want to be a part of that,” mentioned Fuelkrug, who will make his debut in November 2022, simply days earlier than the World Cup in Qatar.
“In the first training session this week it was all about integrating the new players and refreshing our philosophy,” he added.
“The coaches analyzed issues effectively, they confirmed the place the errors had been (within the World Cup). We have mentioned many issues and hope to point out you within the subsequent two matches.
Germany, four-time World Cup winners and three-time European champions, made early exits of their three most up-to-date tournaments, together with Euro 2020 in 2021, the place they misplaced to England within the final 16.
They don’t have to qualify for the event as hosts in 2024, however they need to spend the following 15 months constructing a crew that may be aggressive once more on the worldwide stage, beginning with their friendlies this month.
“We have to search out our performs comparatively shortly, get a beginning 11. It is a balancing act that we have to do. But I’m assured we’ll make it,” said Fuelkrug. “We wish to begin effectively, we wish to win.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
