Boateng, Hummels and Muller have been told they will no longer be selected for Germany
Mar 5, 2019 17:59:52 GMT
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Post by Carl LaFong on Mar 5, 2019 17:59:52 GMT
Germany coach Joachim Low has told Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels and Thomas Muller he does not intend to select them again for the national team.
Boateng and Hummels are both 30, while Muller is 29, and the Bayern Munich trio, who have 246 caps between them, helped Germany win the 2014 World Cup.
But Germany suffered a group exit at the 2018 World Cup before being relegated in the Nations League.
Low said: "2019 is the year of the new start for the German national team."
He added: "We want to give the team a new face and I am convinced that this is the right step.
"The young national players will have the space they need to fully develop, and now they have to take responsibility."
The last Germany game in which Boateng, Hummels and Muller all played was the 3-0 Nations League defeat in the Netherlands on 13 October.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47460738
Boateng and Hummels are both 30, while Muller is 29, and the Bayern Munich trio, who have 246 caps between them, helped Germany win the 2014 World Cup.
But Germany suffered a group exit at the 2018 World Cup before being relegated in the Nations League.
Low said: "2019 is the year of the new start for the German national team."
He added: "We want to give the team a new face and I am convinced that this is the right step.
"The young national players will have the space they need to fully develop, and now they have to take responsibility."
The last Germany game in which Boateng, Hummels and Muller all played was the 3-0 Nations League defeat in the Netherlands on 13 October.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47460738
