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By: Philipp Kessler, Manuel Bonke
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Leroy Sané's contract with German record champions FC Bayern expires in the summer of 2025.
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Leroy Sané was suspended against France and the Netherlands.
National coach Julian Nagelsmann still gave the Bayern star a European Championship guarantee.
Frankfurt - Julian Nagelsmann's dream squad for the European Championship is set.
The national coach made it clear after the 2-1 win against the Netherlands on Tuesday evening in Frankfurt that only injuries or unusual fluctuations in form could bring movement to personnel planning in the final spurt of the season.
“There is no question: If everyone stays healthy and continues to perform, we will definitely not trade ten players in the summer.
Actually not five, maybe one or two – plus injured people,” said Nagelsmann.
Leroy Sané also plays an important role in the DFB coach's plans.
Nagelsmann gave the FC Bayern offensive star a guarantee for the upcoming tournament in Germany.
“He is exceptionally good.
“He knows what it means to play a home European Championship,” enthused the former FCB coach.
“He has to integrate himself into this functioning group.
I am convinced that Leroy puts his qualities 100 percent at the service of the team.
And there’s no way we’re going to miss out on that if he’s healthy.”
In the 2-0 win on Saturday in Lyon against vice-world champion France and also in the win over the Netherlands, Sané was missing from the international match against Austria (0-2) due to a red card last November.
Nevertheless, he visited his national team colleagues in Frankfurt on Tuesday.
Sané signed autographs extensively for the fans at the team hotel, gave various interviews and stayed with the team long after the final whistle in Frankfurt.
A clever performance by the attacker, who demonstrated to the public how important the team spirit is to him.
Gündogan was self-critical
There will soon be concrete discussions between Nagelsmann about Sané's role in the European Championship squad.
“We know each other well and get along very well.
We find a very good role there,” said the offensive player at Sky.
Maybe even in the starting line-up.
In contrast to the actual ten men Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz, who played on the outside, captain Ilkay Gündogan was not convincing in a central role directly behind the striker against France and the Netherlands.
What happens to captain Ilkay Gündogan (l)?
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The Barcelona star himself is also aware of this.
“He was very self-critical, saying, 'I lost too many balls'.
It's all good, it was also tight in the central position.
But the way we handled the situation was great,” said Nagelsmann, who has many ten-man options alongside Gündogan: Musiala, Wirtz and back-up Thomas Müller (34) could play there.
And Sané could play both outside and centrally.
Philipp Kessler, Manuel Bonke