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12.11.2022Bayer 04

#Bayer04USATour: These Werkself players are off to St. Louis

The Werkself start their five-day #Bayer04USATour on Sunday 13 November. The team under head coach Xabi Alonso will stay in St. Louis in the state of Missouri until Friday 18 November and will play a friendly against St. Louis CITY Soccer Club, the newly formed team in the Major League Soccer (MLS). 17 players are on the tour.
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While several of the Werkself players have been selected for their national squads in the World Cup, the following players will travel to St. Louis:

The two goalkeepers Andrey Lunev and Niklas Lomb, the defenders Mitchel Bakker, Jonathan Tah and Timothy Fosu-Mensah are on board, Robert Andrich, Kerem Demirbay, Nadiem Amiri, Ayman Azhil, Joshua Eze, Zidan Sertdemir and Florian Wirtz are set to play midfield, with forwards Karim Bellarabi, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Moussa Diaby and Adam Hlozek also on the tour. In addition, the U19 player Madi Monamay completes the squad.

 

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