Undav: 'It's Shameful That I Always Have to Prove Myself' — Germany's Most Prolific Striker Is Not in the Squad
Germany's top scorer can't get a call-up — and he's not staying quiet about it.
18 goals, 11 assists — and still no guaranteed World Cup spot. Deniz Undav has every right to be frustrated.
By any metric, Deniz Undav is the best in-form striker in Germany. The Stuttgart forward has been involved in nearly a goal a game this season — more league goals than any other striker in the German top flight — but his place in Nagelsmann's World Cup squad is far from assured.
"It's shameful that I always have to justify myself. I show it on the pitch," Undav told Sky Germany. "If it were up to me, I'd be there."
Nagelsmann has publicly described the centre-forward position as "a construction site we need to fix" — which makes Undav's exclusion even harder to understand. His response? He keeps scoring. "As long as I keep scoring, they'll find it hard to ignore me."