Ah, the international break. The few periods of time every year in which Bayern Munich is not the most controversial footballing organization in Germany and the German national team assumes the title of FC Hollywood for a brief period of time.
In this week’s drama, Fulham keeper Bernd Leno refused a call up to the German national team and gave a rather blunt statement as to why. Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann was also rather terse when asked about Leno’s refusal.
“He made demands that I couldn’t fulfill. I showed him an interesting perspective, but he wasn’t so happy with that,” Nagelsmann explained, as captured by @iMiaSanMia. “Everyone has to decide for themselves.”
But how does Leno’s decision reflect on his national team hopes? Probably not too well.
“I’m not closing the door, but that hasn’t opened it very wide either,” Nagelsmann said.
At 32, one has to start wondering how many more years Leno will be considered for a call up to Nagelsmann’s side. With Alexander Nübel and Oliver Baumann now taking their own significant steps towards solidifying their spots in the national team, and the injured FC Barcelona man Marc-André ter Stegen the presumptive No. 1 before that, one must now wonder if Leon will ever have any kind of future with the German national team.
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