DFB coach Flick has a new favorite - comparisons with Gerd Müller arise

DFB coach Hansi Flick has big plans for a youngster in the German national team - and sees parallels to his childhood idol Gerd Müller.

Hamburg - The German national team * is currently preparing for the two upcoming World Cup qualifying games against Romania (Friday) and North Macedonia (Monday).

Karim Adeyemi has been nominated for the second time for the DFB * selection.

National coach Hansi Flick * has planned a central role for the young striker.

DFB: Flick relies on Karim Adeyemi for the storm

Karim Adeyemi has played his way into the spotlight this year. The 19-year-old attacker got off to a good start at his club RB Salzburg after winning the U21 title with Germany. Adeyemi scored eleven goals in 16 competitive games, two of them in the Champions League. In the premier class, he took four penalties in two games - a record. In his first international match for the DFB-Elf in September against Armenia, the Munich-born player made it 6-0.

Flick is said to rave about the lightning-fast and agile offensive player, as the

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Adeyemi knows how to go into the box and use the first contact to conclude.

In DFB training, the teenager even played a central role in a training session and, like Joshua Kimmich, Thomas Müller and Leroy Sané, was one of four target players.

Adeyemi has earned the national coach's trust in a very short time.

DFB: Flick sees Adeyemi parallels with Gerd Müller

Adeyemi could fix the striker shortage in German football and follow in the footsteps of the nation's bomber.

Because according to the report, Flick sees parallels with Gerd Müller *.

The DFB legend, who died in mid-August, was not a classic striker either.

Rather, he had positioned himself in the penalty area through quick penetration, holding the ball and combination soccer, only to then close it out coldly.

All skills that can also be attested to the ex-Hachinger.

Conicidence?

On his debut against Armenia, Adeyemi wore the jersey with the number 13 in the absence of Thomas Müller - just like Gerd Müller once did in the national team.

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Hansi Flick relies on striker Karim Adeyemi in the DFB team.

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DFB: Flick found his goalscorer in Adeyemi - return to Bayern?

“What is the typical center forward?

In Germany it was always Horst Hrubesch.

Was Gerd Müller the typical center forward?

He was a goalscorer.

That is crucial for me, ”said Flick.

Background: Flick's great childhood hero was Gerd Müller.

Now he obviously wants to form a modern Müller version enriched with the speed and dribbling skills of Adeyemi.

Against Romania, the young international should again prove his joker qualities.

In addition to numerous top European clubs, FC Bayern also has its former youth player Adeyemi on the list.

Ex-boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge now revealed that the mega talent would have been available at a bargain price three years ago. *

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