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    Soccer News: Flick names the first German team, with a Bayern Munich contingent of eight

    Hansi Flick handed three players their first international call-ups, naming his first team as Germany coach for next month’s World Cup qualifiers.

    Flick ended an 18-month trophy-laden spell at Bayern Munich to take over from Joachim Low as Germany manager after Euro 2020.

    Germany reached the round of 16 of that tournament, clashing with England at Wembley.

    World Cup-winning midfielder Toni Kroos has since retired from the national team, though the rest of the German squad remain largely intact.

    Liechtenstein, Armenia and Iceland are the first opponents of Flick, which called for the first time Karim Adeyemi, Nico Schlotterbeck and David Raum.

    The squad, as would be expected given Bayern’s dominance of German football, includes eight players from the former club of Flick, while Borussia Dortmund striker Marco Reus got a recall after giving up on Euro 2020.

    Thomas Muller – who was ostracized by Low before being recalled for Euro 2020 – Serge Gnabry, Leroy Sane, Jamal Musiala, Joshua KImmich, Leon Goretzka, Niklas Sule and Manuel Neuer make up the Bayern contingent.

    Exciting Wolfsburg right-back Ridle Baku, who played a friendly with Germany, has also returned to the fold, as has Bayer Leverkusen youngster Florian Wirtz.

    Paris Saint-Germain defender Thilo Kehrer is something of a surprise inclusion, while Dortmund’s Mahmoud Dahoud had a chance to impress in the absence of Kroos.

    Mats Hummels jumps through injury, while Matthias Ginter recently tested positive for coronavirus.

    The full squad of Germany:

    Bernd Leno (Arsenal), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt); Ridle Baku (Wolfsburg), Robin Gosens (Atalanta), Lukas Klostermann (RB Leipzig), David Raum (Hoffenheim), Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea), Niklas Sule (Bayern Munich); Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich), Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City), Jonas Hofmann (Borussia Monchengladbach), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Florian Neuhaus (Borussia Monchengladbach), Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen); Karim Adeyemi (Salzburg), Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich), Kai Havertz (Chelsea), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich), Timo Werner ( Chelsea).

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