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Germany releases list, Sane remains out

Leroy Sane

Germany's football coach, Julian Nagelsmann, has released the list of players for the first two qualifying matches of the 2026 World Cup. 

On September 4, Germany faces Slovakia, and on September 7, Northern Ireland.

Leroy Sane has been ruled out of the two September games. He left Bayern and moved to Galatasaray in the summer. 

Nagelsmann has called up goalkeeper Finn Dahmen, Nnamdi Collins and Paul Nebel for the first time.

Alexandar Pavlović and Tom Bischof have not yet returned from surgeries. Deniz Undav is also out of the team.