Germany forced to abruptly remove player from Nations League squad list after realising he was LATVIAN
GERMANY were forced to fix their Nations League squad list after accidentally including a player from LATVIA.
Helmond Sport loanee Dario Sits was bizarrely named in Julian Nagelsmann’s squad for the upcoming international break.
But the 20-year-old is not German – he’s actually from a land nearly 721 miles away.
Sits’ name was quickly removed after Germany realised their strange faux pas.
The federation blamed a technical error in the database.
Sits made his debut for Latvia last month and the closest he’s come to the German national team was when he played against their U21s in 2022.
The young forward stars in the Dutch second division, where he’s on loan from Serie A side Parma.
Meanwhile, the actual Germany squad contains a few other surprises.
Manchester City backup goalkeeper Stefan Ortega could win his first cap with Barcelona’s Marc-Andr ter Stegen out for the season.
Ter Stegen, 32, was forced to undergo knee surgery on his patellar tendon in September.
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Arsenal forward Kai Havertz and Bayern Munich star Jamal Musiala return after missing Germany’s last games with injuries.
But Havertz was forced off with a bloodied face in the dying embers of Arsenal’s 1-0 Champions League defeat to Inter Milan.
The Gunners’ star was involved in a horrid head collision with an Inter Milan player, leaving him with blood pouring down his face.
Germany host Bosnia and Herzegovina on November 16 before travelling to Hungary three days later.
And Sits’ Latvia face League C Group Four leaders North Macedonia and Armenia.
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