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Yahoo
10-07-2025
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🔝 Germany climb the world rankings: what this means for the 2026 World Cup
Today, FIFA announced the updated men's world rankings. There is reason for the DFB to rejoice, as the German National Team has climbed to ninth place in the world rankings. While other teams have lost points through the World Cup qualification, this is not the case for the DFB team. Because the defeats in the Nations League do not lead to a deduction of points. As FIFA confirmed, the final tournament of the UEFA competition belongs to this category set out in the "additional conditions" of the rules. Advertisement Ninth place could also have positive effects on the 2026 World Cup. If the Nagelsmann team qualifies for the tournament in the USA, Mexico, and Canada, they would land in the top 1 with the hosts. A preliminary round duel against one of the top teams would then not threaten the DFB team. The draw for the World Cup is expected to take place in early December, reports 'Sky'. Since Germany will be playing against supposedly easy opponents like Slovakia, Northern Ireland, and Luxembourg until then, no major point deduction is threatened and they could defend ninth place against Italy (still playing against Norway, Israel, Estonia, and Moldova). Advertisement This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here. 📸 Alex Grimm - 2025 Getty Images
Yahoo
05-07-2025
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Hamburg join race to sign Southampton's Armel Bella-Kotchap
Hamburger Abendblatt reports that Bundesliga returnees Hamburg have joined the race to sign Southampton defender Armel Bella-Kotchap (23). The Germany international has a preference to return to the Bundesliga, with the intention to perform well to catch Julian Nagelsmann's eye ahead of the World Cup next summer. Bella-Kotchap joined then Premier League side Southampton for €12m from Bochum in 2022, starting 24 out of his 26 matchday appearances in the top flight. After relegation to the Championship, the German spent the 2023/24 season on loan at PSV before returning to the club to feature just four times in the Premier League last season. Advertisement With a return to Germany preferred, Bella-Kotchap also has interest from Werder Bremen and Borussia Mönchengladbach while Hamburg also showed an interest in the central-defender in January, but a move never materialised when they were in the 2. Bundesliga. Should HSV push to sign Bella-Kotchap, he would become the second defender to arrive after Jordan Torunarigha. GGFN | Daniel Pinder
Yahoo
05-07-2025
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Hamburg join race to sign Southampton's Armel Bella-Kotchap
Hamburger Abendblatt reports that Bundesliga returnees Hamburg have joined the race to sign Southampton defender Armel Bella-Kotchap (23). The Germany international has a preference to return to the Bundesliga, with the intention to perform well to catch Julian Nagelsmann's eye ahead of the World Cup next summer. Bella-Kotchap joined then Premier League side Southampton for €12m from Bochum in 2022, starting 24 out of his 26 matchday appearances in the top flight. After relegation to the Championship, the German spent the 2023/24 season on loan at PSV before returning to the club to feature just four times in the Premier League last season. Advertisement With a return to Germany preferred, Bella-Kotchap also has interest from Werder Bremen and Borussia Mönchengladbach while Hamburg also showed an interest in the central-defender in January, but a move never materialised when they were in the 2. Bundesliga. Should HSV push to sign Bella-Kotchap, he would become the second defender to arrive after Jordan Torunarigha. GGFN | Daniel Pinder
The Irish Sun
27-06-2025
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- The Irish Sun
Thomas Tuchel faces major England U21 decision as Germany boss Nagelsmann cuts short Majorca holiday to watch final
THOMAS TUCHEL could still make a mad dash from America to Bratislava to watch England Under-21s in tomorrow's Euro final. But SunSport understands Germany boss Advertisement 2 Thomas Tuchel is currently at the Club World Cup as England U21s prepare for the Euro final Credit: Getty 2 Julian Nagelsmann will be in attendance to watch the final in Bratislava Credit: EPA Three Lions boss He has also combined the trip with a recce ahead of next summer's World Cup out there as he plots to end 60 years of hurt for our nation. U21's head coach He added that the German has been 'very supportive' of both him and his players. Advertisement READ MORE ON FOOTBALL There are still hopes he could have enough time to make the 5,000-mile-plus journey to be at the Narodny Futbalovy Stadion to see the Young Lions take on his home nation. If he does make it, then we can confirm that he could be sat next to Nagelsmann in the VIP seats - the man he replaced at Bayern Munich in 2023. Rather than following suit and trekking to the States, Nagelsmann has been topping up his suntan in Majorca on a yacht. BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK Advertisement Most read in Football But he will leave the Spanish island hotspot and fly 1,622 miles to watch his nation's young guns try to topple England. The Young Lions are looking to retain their Euro crown having England u21s clash with Germany SUSPENDED as stadium plunged into semi-darkness and players taken off pitch Carsley said: "We've got so much quality. "But, more importantly, we've got a squad that believe that they can win. Advertisement "There's more belief, which is important if we're going to go that one step more, which is generally the hardest step now – getting over the line. " But I'm so proud of them and hopefully everyone has enjoyed watching us during this tournament."
Nahar Net
10-06-2025
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- Nahar Net
Germany reassesses World Cup prospects after lessons from France and Portugal
by Naharnet Newsdesk 10 June 2025, 15:05 Two defeats and last place in a mini-tournament it expected to win have dealt Germany a cold dose of reality ahead of the 2026 World Cup. The Nations League final four in Germany was supposed to show Julian Nagelsmann's team can count itself among Europe's best, but a 2-1 loss to Portugal in Munich followed by a 2-0 defeat to France in Stuttgart instead revealed a gulf in class. It showed that tournament-winner Portugal, beaten finalist Spain – the European champion – and a talent-packed France team are among the favorites with defending champion Argentina to win soccer's biggest prize next year. Nagelsmann was keen to highlight the positives, noting that Germany dominated and created a host of chances in the first half against France on Sunday – but counterpart Didier Deschamps had already said what little importance he gave the third-place decider, and it was clear which side was more motivated in front of the Stuttgart fans. Kylian Mbappé scored before the break and set up Michael Olise for the second goal as Les Bleus shook off their apathy in the second half and might have scored more. "If you look at the first half, honestly, they were not bothered about winning. But they still won," Germany captain Joshua Kimmich said. Germany's forwards were simply not as clinical as France's. It was a similar tale against Portugal, which rallied to beat Germany on Wednesday. Portugal coach Roberto Martínez changed the game when he introduced substitutes Vitinha, Francisco Conceição and Nelson Semedo in the second half, and Germany needed goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen at his best to stop the visitors scoring any more. Coach Nagelsmann pointed to the injury-enforced absences from his team – Jamal Musiala, Angelo Stiller, Kai Havertz, Antonio Rüdiger, Nico Schlotterbeck, Tim Kleindienst, Jonathan Burkardt and Yann Aurel Bisseck. But France was also without key players like Ousmane Dembélé and Eduardo Camavinga while Deschamps had to do without three of his preferred four-man backline – William Saliba, Dayot Upamecano and Jules Koundé. Even with a full-strength squad, it's debatable whether Germany can match its rivals' strength in depth when it comes to player development and the quality of youngsters coming through. Nine players in Spain coach Luis de la Fuente's Nations League squad are young enough to play at the Under-21 European Championship starting Wednesday in Slovakia. Star player Lamine Yamal is just 17 while Real Madrid's new signing Dean Huijsen looked like he'd been playing for Spain for years. The final was just his fourth appearance. "It's quite clear, when it comes to the depth of the squad, that we have to abandon the illusion of getting it sorted out in a year," Nagelsmann said. "We have a few positions in German soccer that are given too little attention." Nagelsmann pointed to Spain's use of wide players in attack – like Yamal or Nico Williams – and said Germany's dearth of wing backs had been a problem for years. Kimmich has been deployed at right back when his favored position is in midfield. "Right now we're looking at what's important to see where we are in the world, what we need for the future, and to learn the right lessons from that," Nagelsmann said. "It would be nice if we could get one or two of the players up to speed by next year, but of course that's a limited window of opportunity." The 37-year-old Nagelsmann appealed for patience from journalists, saying he was sure with the players he has that they "will play a very, very good (World Cup) qualifying campaign and a very, very good tournament" in the United States, Mexico and Canada next summer. Nagelsmann then attempted to push some of the responsibility onto the media. "You have to have a bit of trust and pull the handbrake a bit," he said. "You're in the same boat."
