Julian Nagelsmann brushes off controversial interview when discussing Deniz Undav’s Germany return

Julian Nagelsmann brushes off controversial interview when discussing Deniz Undav’s Germany return In addition to commenting on the call ups of Premier League professionals Pascal Groß and Anton Stach , German national team head coach Julian Nagelsmann also got his chance to explain the big news involving a Bundesliga player at Thursday’s DFB press conference. Stuttgart’s Deniz Undav is back on the team thanks to an excellent run-of-form. Plenty of journalists, not to mention Udav himself, were lobbying for the 29-year-old’s re-instatement.

Kicker’s Matthias Dersch ended up being the journalist to pose the Undav question. It came as something of a surprise to see the Undav topic broached so late in during the presser. Nagelsmann first had to answer several rounds of questions about Premier League players, as well as deflect plenty of politically charged queries about the World Cup atmosphere in light of the USA’s recent military offensive.

One factor contributing to the delay was certainly nevertheless the fact that Undav’s recent controversial interview in which he appeared to antagonize Nagelsmann for not selecting him sooner. Reporters at the presser surely knew Nagelsmann wasn’t keen to discuss it. The 38-year-old’s body language suggested as much.

Nagelsmann stammered a tad a delivered his response through gritted teeth. Nagelsmann on Deniz Undav’s selection “ Incredible stats, ” Nagelsmann began when discussing Undav’s return. “ One can’t exclude a striker with those kind of stats.