
Newcastle forward Woltemade misses start of Germany camp because of illness
BERLIN (AP) — Newcastle forward Nick Woltemade did not join the Germany squad as planned on Monday ahead of World Cup qualifying games because of an illness.
The 23-year-old Woltemade, who scored in Newcastle’s 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Sunday, has a flu infection, the German soccer federation said Monday.
It’s unclear if he will be fit in time to face Luxembourg in Sinsheim on Friday or Northern Ireland in Belfast next Monday.
Woltemade will be expected to join the rest of the Germany squad in the coming days, and coach Julian Nagelsmann did not call up any replacement for the player who joined Newcastle from Stuttgart during the offseason.
Woltemade has made a promising start at Newcastle, with three goals in eight days, including one during the team’s 4-0 win at Union Saint-Gilloise in the Champions League on Wednesday. Altogether he has three so far in the Premier League.
The German team was meeting in Herzogenaurach to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers. Eintracht Frankfurt defender Nathaniel Brown was the only newcomer to the squad.
After two rounds in qualifying Group A, Germany had three points after a surprise loss to Slovakia in its first game. Slovakia leads with a maximum six points from two games.
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