Nagelsmann considered convincing Biereth into representing Germany

The Danish underage star proved to be ineligible after Nagelsmann’s extensive deep-dive into the striker’s family roots.

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.