Patrick Osterhage’s rise as a footballer is lastly blooming. After becoming a member of Borussia Dortmund at 17, the participant’s growth didn’t go as deliberate attributable to persistent hip accidents. Enjoying for BVB II, it was solely when the midfielder joined VfL Bochum on a free switch in 2021 that his profession actually began to progress. 67 appearances in three years, 60 of these got here within the Bundesliga.

And a standout participant in a group that battled relegation for probably the most half, Osterhage’s €4.8m transfer to Freiburg got here this summer season, and the 24-year-old is beginning to make a reputation for himself.

With six appearances throughout all competitions already this season for his new membership, Osterhage hasn’t dominated out taking part in for the German nationwide group.

Talking completely to kicker, when discussing latecomers to the nationwide group equivalent to Robert Andrich and Pascal Groß, Osterhage mentioned: “It’s undoubtedly not out of the query and undoubtedly not unattainable. Should you had requested Andrich and Groß after they have been my age, they most likely wouldn’t have mentioned sure or no right away. Nevertheless it’s all about efficiency. You need to achieve success together with your group and do your half. We’ll see if it occurs sooner or later. I’d be extremely completely happy if it did.”

Julian Nagelsmann able to name up uncapped gamers

As reported final month, Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann is on the lookout for new gamers to name as much as the nationwide group following the retirements of Toni Kroos, Ilkay Gündogan and Thomas Müller. We’ve already seen Aleksandar Pavlovic, Angelo Stiller and Deniz Undav awarded their first cap, and now Tim Kleindienst could possibly be subsequent.

The previous Heidenheim ahead, now 29, scored 12 and created 5 in 33 Bundesliga video games final season, and now he already has three aim contributions (two targets, one help) in 5 Bundesliga video games for Borussia Mönchengladbach this season.

With Robert Andrich, Pascal Groß and now Kleindienst latecomers into the squad, there’s until time for gamers equivalent to Osterhage.

GGFN | Daniel Pinder