Neuer named first choice for Germany’s World Cup squad after retirement reversal
FRANKFURT: Bayern Munich’s Manuel Neuer has come out of international retirement to compete in next month’s World Cup after being named on Thursday as the starting goalkeeper in Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann’s squad for the tournament. Nagelsmann made the decision after having long labelled Hoffenheim’s Oliver Baumann as his first-choice keeper. “Yes I plan with that (with Neuer as number one),” Nagelsmann told a press conference. “The main task was to nominate the best three keepers. So we decided that these three are part of that.”
