The Danish underage star proved to be ineligible after Nagelsmann’s extensive deep-dive into the striker’s family roots.
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In the wake of the Julian Nagelsmann’s German national team selection, the head coach revealed some interesting dialogue from an interaction with Mika Biereth.
Nagelsmann reportedly contacted the 22-year-old AS Monaco forward about the possibility of representing Germany.
Despite being born in England, Biereth qualified for representing the DFB-Team through his Danish-German father.
“I spoke with him,” said Nagelsmann. “The first thing was to check whether there was a possibility for him to play for us.
“We looked into it a lot, but unfortunately that’s not possible. In his last game for Denmark, he was already 21 plus a few days’ [old].
“Accordingly, he can’t represent another nation, and it’s no longer possible to provide him with a German passport to play for Germany,” Nagelsmann explained.
Biereth has been on fire for Monaco this season already with 10 goals and 2 assists in 8 Ligue 1 games. He has represented the Denmark U21 team on 6 occasions scoring once.
