“When they are in the mood and put their foot on the gas, they make it difficult for the opposition, that’s exceptionally good,” stated Julian Nagelsmann of opponents Florian Wirtz and Jamal Musiala after a worldwide versus Hungary in November.
“When they look for and find each other, they’re very, very good to watch.”
The trainer of the German nationwide football group is not the just one to sing the commends of the round wizards.
“Both are already world class at their young age,” previous nationwide trainer Joachim Löw, that led Germany to their last World Cup win in 2014, stated lately.
“They’re incredibly creative, strong in one-on-one situations. They’re both capable of scoring goals and have made incredible progress in recent years,” he stated.
‘Wusiala’ a success element
Indeed, the striking duo have actually been a vital factor for Germany’s go back to the leading 10 of the FIFA males’s positions– after a lack of one decade.
In their 15 suits in 2024, Germany won 10 and attracted 4, shedding simply as soon as– in the quarterfinals of the Euros when they was up to the ultimate champions, Spain.
Germany additionally got to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Nations League for the very first time. Under Nagelsmann, not just have Germany reclaimed their racking up touch, yet possibly extra significantly, they show creative thinking and decision on the pitch.
Wirtz racked up 6 of the nationwide group’s 35 objectives and supplied 3 aids. Musiala had 5 objectives and 5 aids– implying that the brand-new desire duo, called “Wusiala” by some media participants, were associated with majority of Germany’s objectives.
“We’re not easy to figure out. We have lots of solutions at the ready, no matter what the opposition’s position is,” discussed Wirtz.
“Playing with Flo is always fun. When we’re in rhythm and have confidence, we can gamble all evening,” Musiala stated.
‘This is a present’
Both gamers recognize what they can and can drive challengers to misery with their care free and usually uncertain play. Most lately, they wowed not simply the followers yet additionally their colleagues in Germany’s 7-0 Nations League whitewash of Bosnia-Herzegovina
“They’re brutally good players, the way they solve things in tight spaces with dribbling and with vision. It’s very special to be that far along,” stated demonstrator Tim Kleindienst.
“It makes you realize how old you are when you see these youngsters running around. What they’ve already achieved and experienced at such a young age is something special.”
Fellow demonstrator Niclas Füllkrug “described their presence in the team as ” a present,” stating the followers have a great deal to expect from them in the following couple of years.
Transfer worths via the roof covering
The stamina of their play is additionally shown in their approximated worth on the transfer market. The commonly pointed out “Transfermarkt.de” places the existing worth of both Musiala and Wirtz at EUR130 million ($ 136.4 million).
This makes them 2 of the globe’s most important footballers. The buzz, nonetheless, appears to have actually not done anything to transform either gamer’s personality.
Musiala remains in a “great environment with his management, with his family. That’s important to help keep your feet on the ground despite all the praise,” discussed Germany’s most capped player-turned television expert Lothar Math äus, that has actually currently contrasted Musiala to super stars Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona.
The exact same puts on Wirtz, the youngest of 10 youngsters in a showing off family members. His papa, Hans-Joachim Wirtz, is his child’s closest expert and makes certain that his job proceeds at the appropriate rate.
‘Like Zidane or Ronaldinho’
The 2 midfielders have actually been taken into consideration crucial at their corresponding clubs. They are both 21-years old, yet they have actually each played greater than 150 video games in the Bundesliga, DFB Cup and in European competitors.
Vincent Kompany, trainer of Bayern Munich considering that the begin of this period, has plenty of appreciation for Musiala, that racked up the objective versus Cologne that protected his club’s last Bundesliga title in 2022-23.
“He makes the right moves, physically too. He brings a lot of joy to the team,” stated Kompany, that has actually contrasted Musiala to previous super stars like Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldinho.
“Jamal can become one of those players,” he stated.
Xabi Alonso: “Wirtz is a difference maker”
The exact same puts on Bayern Leverkusen’s Wirtz.
“We know he’s a difference-maker for us,” stated Leverkusen trainer Xabi Alonso after Wirtz’s two-goal efficiency versus Salzburg in the Champions League at the end of November.
“We can see that this competition is made for him. He is a Champions League player,” Alonso stated.
“He has the desire and will to play big games. The bigger, the better for him.”
However, Wirtz is not purely a one-way gamer. He runs approximately greater than 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) per video game, making him Leverkusen’s hardest-working gamer.
With ‘Wusiala’ to the 2026 World Cup title?
With Musiala’s and Wirtz’s finest years still in advance of them, possibly it ought to come as no significant shock that nationwide group trainer Nagelsmann reacted to Germany’s unfavorable removal in the quarterfinals finally summer season’s home Euros by stating that his passion in 2026 in North America would certainly be no much less than winning the World Cup.
