Manuel Neuer has returned from international retirement to compete in the upcoming World Cup and has been named Germany’s starting goalkeeper in Julian Nagelsmann’s squad. Nagelsmann selected the best three goalkeepers and contacted Neuer to ask if he wanted to play again. Neuer, 40, last played for Germany at Euro 2024 and is set for his fifth consecutive World Cup, adding to his 2014 World Cup-winning record. He had a solid season with Bayern Munich, who are aiming for a domestic double. Nagelsmann also named a 26-man squad with few major surprises, including Bayern teenager Lennart Karl and call-ups for Nadiem Amiri and Leroy Sane. Germany will face Curaçao, Ecuador, and Ivory Coast in Group E and aims for a fifth title after recent early exits.
"Manuel Neuer has come out of international retirement to compete in next month's World Cup after being named on Thursday as the starting goalkeeper in Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann's squad for the tournament. Nagelsmann made the decision after having long labelled Hoffenheim's Oliver Baumann as his first-choice keeper. "Yes, I plan with that [with Neuer as number one]," Nagelsmann told a press conference. "The main task was to nominate the best three keepers. So we decided that these three are part of that.""
""We contacted Manuel and asked him if he wanted to play for the national team again," said Nagelsmann. The 40-year-old Neuer, who last competed for Germany at Euro 2024 before his international retirement, is now set to play in his fifth successive World Cup, joining an elite group of football players with five or more tournaments. Neuer, a 2014 World Cup winner, enjoyed a solid season with champions Bayern, who could win the domestic double with victory over VfB Stuttgart in the German Cup final on Saturday. He signed a contract extension with Bayern last week."
"There were few other major surprises in Nagelsmann's 26-man squad for the tournament starting next month. But the coach also called up Bayern's teenage player Lennart Karl, who enjoyed a meteoric rise this season, as well as Nadiem Amiri and Leroy Sane, who both had outside chances of earning a spot. "They [players] fit well together. It is a good mix. Many have been playing since their youth together," Nagelsmann said. "We are happy with our choice, but know others will stay at home who have performed very well.""
"Germany, who face Curacao, Ecuador and Ivory Coast in Group E at the World Cup, have set their sights on a fifth title after shock first-round exits in the past two editions in 2018 and 2022. "The statement stands," Nagelsmann said. "We""
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