#preliminary squad

Clubs the players got called up from (17):

FC Bayern München (7 and a half)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen (3)

Manchester City (2)

Paris Saint Germain (2)

Real Madrid (1)

Barcelona (1)

FC Schalke 04 (1 but will join Bayern next season)

1. FC Köln (1)

Hertha BSC (1)

Borussia Mönchengöadbach (1)

Borussia Dortmund (1)

RB Leipzig (1)

SC Freiburg (1)

VfB Stuttgart (1)

Arsenal FC (1)

Chelsea FC (1)

Juventus Turin (1)

Surprising call ups:

Nils Petersen (SC Freiburg, debutant)

“Clutch” call ups:

Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern München, has been out all season due to injury - but in my opinion, he is undoubtful #1 and captain and will be needed regardless for motivational and experience reasons)

“Controversial” topics (through media, experts, etc.):

Sandro Wagner (FC Bayern München, was said to have cried and announced his retirement of the German NT, claiming that his “attitude of speaking my mind did not go well with the trainer team”, which resulted in a medial shitstorm between him and Joachim Löw.)

Mesut Özil & Ilkay Gündogan (after posing with Turkish president in London and handing over signed jerseys [to which Gündogan added “with due respect for my president”], a huge discussion emerged regarding supporting the controversial Turkish figure, the identification of players with migration background with the German NT and general integration issues in Germany.)

Players that were left out due to injury, lack of form, etc., but used to be regulars of the team:

Benedikt Höwedes (Juventus Turin)

Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund)

Lars Stindl (Borussia Mönchengladbach, injury)

André Schürrle (Borussia Dortmund)

Emre Can (Liverpool, injury)

Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal FC)

Sandro Wagner (FC Bayern München, see above)

Remaining World Champions (9):

Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern München)

Matthias Ginter (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

Mats Hummels (FC Bayern München)

Sami Khedira (Juventus Turin)

Mesut Özil (Arsenal FC)

Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München)

Julian Draxler (Paris Saint Germain)

Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)

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