"Having a big Bayern block in the national team has always been traditionally important,"
"It generally helps; we know each other very well. That makes the team cohesion a bit easier. We've arrived here with a certain amount of confidence. Things are going very well for us at the club, we're in a good flow, and we're trying to carry that momentum into the national team."
Five Bayern Munich players—Joshua Kimmich, Serge Gnabry, Aleksandar Pavlović, Jonathan Tah and Leon Goretzka—were called up for Germany's FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Luxembourg and Slovakia. Those players represent a potential spine for the starting eleven and bring established on-field relationships. The Bayern contingent arrives riding strong club form and confidence that they aim to transfer to the national team. Existing familiarity among those players can ease team cohesion amid international football's stop-start nature. Selection choices for the starting lineup remain uncertain, but tradition and current form suggest Bayern players will be relied upon in key fixtures.
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