Andre Schurrle has been named in Joachim Low’s provisional 30-man Germany squad for this summer’s World Cup.
The group of 30 names has to be cut down to 23 by 2 June, and our no.14 will hope to make the final squad after playing an important role in Germany’s qualification for the showpiece tournament in Brazil.
Schurrle, who has 31 international caps, scored four goals during qualification including a 19-minute hat-trick in Germany’s 5-3 win away to Sweden. The 23-year-old also represented his nation at EURO 2012.
The full provisional squad is:
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Roman Weidefeller (Borussia Dortmund), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96), Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Erik Durm (Borussia Dortmund), Kevin Grosskreutz (Borussia Dortmund), Benedikt Höwedes (Schalke 04), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Marcell Jansen (Hamburg), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal), Shkodran Mustafi (Sampdoria), Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund), Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (Schalke 04), Matthias Ginter (Freiburg), Leon Goretzka (Schalke 04), Mario Götze (Bayern Munich), Andre Hahn (Augsberg), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich), Max Meyer (Schalke 04), Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich), Mesut Özil (Arsenal), Lukas Podolski (Arsenal), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Andre Schürrle, Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Miroslav Klose (Lazio), Kevin Volland (Hoffenheim).