New Chelsea signing Marin misses out on Germany Euro 2012 squad

The Blues' new signing will not be a part of Joachim Low's team that travels to the tournament in Poland and Ukraine, having been omitted from the preliminary places

Joachim Low has nominated a 27-man Germany squad to compete for his final selection for Euro 2012.

With many star players set to arrive late due to club commitments, the trainer has selected an expanded team to travel to Sardinia on May 11. And given the opportunity to experiment, Low has selected Monchengladbach's Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Schalke's Julian Draxler.

Having only celebrated his 20th birthday last week, the goalkeeper Ter Stegen earns his first call-up, as does the 18-year-old winger Draxler. Additionally, the national boss has recalled midfielder Ilkay Gundogan.

Low opted not to recall Patrick Helmes, Mike Hanke, and Stefan Kiessling, choosing Cacau as his third striker alongside Miroslav Klose and Mario Gomez. Additionally, Marko Marin, Simon Rolfes, Christian Trasch and Dennis Aogo will miss out on the tournament.

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The coach will without many of his key players as he begin preparations later this week. Sven Bender, Mario Gotze, Mats Hummels and Marcel Schmelzer will be with Dortmund through May 12, when the DFB-Pokal final takes place. As well, Real Madrid duo Mesut Ozil and Sami Khedira will not join the national team until after their final Liga match, on May 13.

But the greatest loss Low will suffer is the absence of eight Bayern Munich players - including captain Philipp Lahm and deputy Bastian Schweinsteiger - who will be with their club until after May 22, when a friendly with the Netherlands is scheduled to be played. Accordingly, he has named an expanded squad, which will be trimmed to 23 on May 29.

The squad in full:

Name	Club
Goalkeepers:
Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich
Marc-Andre ter Stegen	Monchengladbach
Tim Wiese	Werder Bremen
Ron-Robert Zieler	Hannover
Defenders:
Holger Badstuber	Bayern Munich
Jerome Boateng	Bayern Munich
Benedikt Howedes	Schalke
Mats Hummels	Dortmund
Philipp Lahm	Bayern Munich
Per Mertesacker	Arsenal
Marcel Schmelzer	Dortmund
Midfielders:
Lars Bender	Leverkusen
Sven Bender	Dortmund
Mario Gotze	Dortmund
Ilkay Gundogan	Dortmund
Sami Khedira	Real Madrid
Toni Kroos	Bayern Munich
Mesut Ozil	Real Madrid
Bastian Schweinsteiger	Bayern Munich
Attackers:
Cacau	Stuttgart
Julian Draxler	Schalke
Mario Gomez	Bayern Munich
Miroslav Klose	Lazio
Thomas Muller	Bayern Munich
Lukas Podolski	Koln
Marco Reus	Monchengladbach
Andre Schurrle	Leverkusen