Klopp’s home World Cup hopes hinge on four omitted players

Four names – Karim Adeyemi, Said El Mala, Matthias Ginter and Yann Aurel Bisseck – were left out of the World Cup by Julian Nagelsmann and now hope national team manager Jürgen Klopp will include them when he presents his squad at home on 17 September.

Adeyemi’s club form and World Cup prospects

Karim Adeyemi played 28 Bundesliga matches for Borussia Dortmund in the last Bundesliga season, starting only 15 times and completing just one game over 90 minutes. He missed several weeks in the final third of the season through injury, which made a World Cup ticket on DFB funds unlikely.

A former national team manager said Adeyemi is useful but not for the starting XI, and Hansi Flick later brought the winger to FC Barcelona on the condition that Lamine Yamal and Anthony Gordon would occupy the usual wide positions. The Catalans paid about 80 million euros to Newcastle United for the English international.

Klopp’s upcoming squad decision

Klopp will reveal his squad on 17 September, after four Nations League games – the opening in the Netherlands, matches in Augsburg against Greece and in Munich against Serbia, and a return leg in Thessaloniki. Regulations require a 23‑player squad to be submitted by midnight the day before each game, but the list can be altered, meaning Klopp could name 35 players in a press conference.

In five La Liga games for Barcelona, Adeyemi, now 24, scored two goals and provided one assist, starting only once and playing more than 30 minutes just that one time. He began the Champions League tie against Feyenoord Rotterdam and, after 63 minutes, was substituted having already scored.

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Said El Mala, a 20‑year‑old shooting star, missed a Bundesliga game for 1. FC Köln due to illness and sat on the bench against Werder Bremen. He then scored and assisted in the opening match against TSG Hoffenheim and is awaiting his first national team appearance.

Matthias Ginter, a defender for SC Freiburg, has twice scored in the Conference League qualification and delivered three assists in Bundesliga games this season. He was part of the 2014 World Cup‑winning squad and played under Klopp at Borussia Dortmund after the Brazil tournament.

Yann Aurel Bisseck is the fourth omitted name; his recent club activity was not detailed in the source.

The final decision remains unknown, and the four players’ chances of a World Cup place will only be clear after Klopp’s squad announcement.