Marco Reus, Mats Hummels und Julian Weigl are in Germany coach Joachim Löw's provisional 27-man squad for the European Championship finals, which will take place in France between 10 June and 10 July.

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"I am delighted for Mats and Marco, but in particular for Julian Weigl. He is an extremely young lad who has had a top-class debut season in the Bundesliga. His inclusion in the provisional national team squad is absolutely justified! Of course I personally find it a shame that players such as Marcel Schmelzer, Erik Durm, Gonzalo Castro and Matthias Ginter didn't make the cut," said Hans-Joachim Watzke of the provisional nominations. The DFB coach needs to name his final 23-man squad on 31 May. (br)