Who will fill the creative void left by Musiala and Havertz? Bayern’s playmaker and the former Bayer Leverkusen star both went down, prompting Germany to name replacements before Sunday’s clash with Greece.
Musiala’s thigh injury forced coach Jürgen Klopp to pull the Bayern midfielder at halftime, with Mainz’s Nadiem Amiri taking his place in the 1‑1 Amsterdam draw.
An MRI later revealed a torn right thigh. Havertz limped off in the 30th minute, making way for Eintracht Frankfurt’s Younes Ebnoutalib.
The DFB announced Thursday that both youngsters will depart the camp and miss Germany’s next Nations League fixture in Augsburg on 27 September, kick‑off 8:45 pm CEST.
For my money, the early arrival of Frankfurt’s Jonathan Burkardt and Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz could boost Germany’s attacking depth.
Burkardt and Wirtz had been slated for the secondary squad set for the final two Nations League games – Serbia in Munich on 1 October and Greece in Thessaloniki on 4 October.