Mats Hummels has been training in a Greece shirt as he considers his future in football after being left out of Germany's Euro 2024 squad.
Hummels is currently a free agent after his second spell at Borussia Dortmund came to an end, with the veteran defender leaving the club after his contract expired. The 35-year-old had played a key role in Dortmund reaching the Champions League final, having been named player of the match in both legs of their semi-final win over PSG.
Despite his excellent end to the season, Hummels was not selected in Germany's 26-man squad for the Euros. In a post on his Instagram story, Hummels can be seen in a gym wearing a Greece shirt from Euro 2012 as he ponders his next move.
"It's difficult to find a jersey for sports that doesn't cause any stupid rumours afterwards," he wrote. It comes after Hummels took aim at Germany boss Julian Nagelsmann for not including him in their Euro 2024 squad, insisting he remains "one of the five best defenders in Germany".
He has played just twice for Germany since Euro 2020 and Nagelsmann has explained that, having decided on Antonio Rudiger and Jonathan Tah as his first-choice centre-back pairing, Hummels' age counted against him.
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"We have decided that Rudiger and Tah will be our starting centre-backs," he told reporters. "Then it's about who are the most suitable players behind them? What do the substitutes have to bring?
"What's the age structure in the tournament and what happens afterwards?" In response to Nagelsmann's comments, Hummels told Bild : "If I understood him correctly it was more about age-related issues like fitness.
Hummels wore a Euro 2012 Greece shirt while training (Instagram)
Hummels has hit out at Julian Nagelsmann's decision not to pick him (Alex Grimm/Getty Images)"If I'd had a period like the one I had recently before [the international break in] March, maybe I would have been called up - [and] for the European Championship squad as well. I can understand the idea that a group has been growing since March.
"It's bitter for me as an individual because I'm currently one of the five best defenders in Germany. I have the self-confidence to say that." Since his departure from Dortmund, Hummels has been linked with a number of clubs including Roma, Mallorca, Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle United.
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