Nick Woltemade could be handed the chance to kickstart Germany's Nations League campaign as Jurgen Klopp's side aim to bounce back from the embarrassing 1-0 defeat to Greece on Sunday night.
The Newcastle United striker, who is currently on loan at Italian side Juventus, comes into the Germany squad for their remaining two matches in the international break, along with Magpies defender Malick Thiaw.
Woltemade and Thiaw were not part of the group which lost to Greece, with Klopp splitting a 44-man squad over the four games.
Klopp under pressure after defeat
The United pair are now with the Germany camp, with Klopp coming under pressure following the defeat in Augsburg, after Dimitrios Kourbelis' effort was deflected in off Joshua Kimmich for the only goal of the game.
It leaves Germany third in their Nations League Group B following their 1-1 draw with the Netherlands last week, with games against Serbia in Munich and the return game in Greece to come.
Newcastle will be acutely aware that a strong performance from Woltemade could drive his transfer price up, with Bundesliga sides said to have an interest in bringing him back to Germany.
Woltemade's season so far
He is yet to start a Serie A game for Juventus, but did start and score in their Europa League win over NEC Nijmegen before the international break.
Bayern Munich are said to be monitoring the striker, who failed to make a consistent impact for Newcastle following his £69m move from Stuttgart in 2025.
His role in the United squad under Matthias Jaissle was made clear at the start of the season, before the loan move to Juve was agreed.
With Kai Havertz injured, Woltemade could be handed a chance to nail down a place in the German side, something he lost last season ahead of the World Cup under former boss Julian Nagelsmann.
Klopp stands by rotation policy
Klopp deflected the blame for Sunday night's defeat off his players, and insisted his policy of picking two separate squads was the right one in the long-term.
"It is part of the process, absolutely," he said. "The line-up, the composition, the many substitutions, all of that goes down 100 per cent to me.
"But there is no reason to fall into a depression and say that we are very bad. We are not. At the same time, we are also not yet as good as we would like to be.
"If you want to criticise someone, then do it to me. Leave the boys alone."
Speaking on starting with a new squad this week, he added: "Tomorrow morning the boys who are arriving now will train. They aren't in sync either, I know that. Nevertheless, from my point of view, there was no alternative but to do it this way. I stand by it 100 per cent.
"But out there it starts: 'How can you possibly?' That's fine, everyone is allowed to have an opinion. We approached it this way and it felt great. That's what I just told the boys as well. Everything this week was top, except for a large part of this game, to be honest."
The plan is to gather as much information as possible in these two and a half weeks. Imagine if we had simply brought the same team here that also played in the World Cup: I don't know if the game today would have looked so different. That would have been very bad news.
"Now we are in the process of opening the door for many new faces. The new faces didn't do much wrong. It's also not about blaming anyone. Even for the established players, it's not easy to play with the youngsters. But I saw many positive things that just didn't lead to a dominant style of play."
