Manuel Neuer has just finished almost a year from the playing field due to a serious injury, but he still needs time to regain his best level and Bayern Munich’s emblematic goalkeeper will not be part of the list. Julian Nagelsmann for the two friendlies Germany will play in mid-November against Turkey and Austria. Consequently, Barcelona’s Marc-André ter Stegen will continue to be the owner.
“Julian and I have been talking for a long time. We spoke again after the Dortmund game. I will not enter the national team, I still need time for myself and these games will come soon,” Neuer, at the age of 37, revealed today at the press conference ahead of the Champions League match to be played of Bayern tomorrow against Galatasaray at the Allianz Arena.
Germany, which automatically qualified for Euro 2024 as hosts, will host Turkey on November 18 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin and travel to Vienna three days later to face Austria. Nagelsmann, who in March (when he was fired) was still Neuer’s coach at Bayern, He will announce his call for these two games on Friday.
“My wounds are also healing well. We talk about everything openly and “I would give everything to come back next year.” to the ‘Mannschaft’, added Neuer. The next international window is scheduled for mid-March 2024.
The goalkeeper and captain of Bayern and the German team suffered from double fracture of the tibia and fibula of the right leg while skiing on December 9, 2022 after being eliminated from the Qatar World Cup.
Three games since his return ten days ago
He didn’t play again until just ten days ago. in a Bayern-Darmstadt of the Bundesliga (8-0) and since then he has also played on Wednesday in the cup debacle against Saarbrücken (2-1) and on Saturday in the Klassiker win against Borussia in Dortmund (0-4) .
During his long absence, he became Ter Stegen, goalkeeper of FC Barcelona, has been a starter for the German team, but Neuer will fight to regain his position.
“Everything that comes to me today is just extra. But I am an ambitious person. I will try to play, I want to always be on the field,” added Neuer, who stated this his desire to regain his starting ‘Mannschaft’ status for Euro 2024, which will be played in Germany from June 14 to July 14.
Gündogan will remain captain
However, the captain’s armband will remain in the hands of fellow Barça player Ilkay Gündogan, as Julian Nagelsmann explained in October.
Source: La Verdad
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