According to L'Équipe, Germany's new coach, Jürgen Klopp, will announce his first national squad list on Thursday. Paris Brunner, a 20-year-old forward playing for Monaco, is expected to receive his first call-up. So far this season, he has scored 5 goals for Monaco.

Perhaps Brunner himself never imagined being so close to the German senior national team at the beginning of this summer. Even after scoring two goals against Marseille on August 30, helping Monaco to a 2-0 victory, he only said, "I am indeed thinking about the national team," and then added, "But right now I'm not focusing on it."

With his excellent performance for Monaco this season, Brunner has become one of the young players recently attracting attention in German football, and a noteworthy potential candidate for Klopp's first squad.

Previously, when German media discussed Brunner, they still referred to the "problem child" image he left during his time at Dortmund, but now the public has begun to seriously discuss the possibility of him joining the German senior national team.

From a competitive perspective, the German team currently has a shortage of players in the center-forward position, and Brunner's performance has given him a chance to compete. At the same time, this potential call-up also involves the DFB's considerations regarding talent development.

Brunner has already proven himself in the German youth national team, having won both the U17 European Championship and the U17 World Cup with the German U17 team. As his mother is from the Democratic Republic of Congo and his father is German, he holds dual German and Democratic Republic of Congo nationality, so the Democratic Republic of Congo may also attempt to recruit him to represent their national team in the future.

Another factor in Brunner's favor is that Klopp's first squad list may be structured differently than before. According to German media reports, Klopp may announce an expanded squad of approximately 40 players, with 23 players participating in the initial two matches against the Netherlands and Greece, followed by significant rotation for the matches against Serbia and Bulgaria.

If this plan is eventually implemented, Brunner's chances of being called up will further increase.

However, his recent controversial goal celebration in Monaco's 1-1 draw with Strasbourg sparked discussion. L'Équipe believes it remains to be seen whether this incident will remind the public of his past negative impressions and ultimately influence Klopp's decision.

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