AFP, Berlin :
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil is an injury concern for world champions Germany ahead of Saturday’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Poland in Warsaw after being sent for a knee scan.
The 25-year-old Gunners’ star has complained of pain in his left knee and flew to Munich on Wednesday morning to be treated by German Football Association (DFB) doctor Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt.
“There is a problem with his left knee. We can’t say more at the moment, we’ll have to see how it goes,” said German Football Association (DFB) spokesman Jens Grittner.
Chelsea forward Andre Schuerrle also missed training on Wednesday with a muscular problem, but is expected to be fit.
“Things look good for Andre, he received some treatment on Tuesday, so it’s normal that he sat out training the day after,” said team manager Oliver Bierhoff.
Germany coach Joachim Loew is already missing several stars for the trip to Warsaw with Julian Draxler out with ‘flu while captain Bastian Schweinsteiger, Sami Khedira, Benedikt Hoewedes, Marco Reus and Mario Gomez are injured.
Draxler is expected to join the squad once he recovers from illness and there are no plans to call up a replacement player.
“I don’t believe that Jogi will call up a player, he doesn’t like to do that once the squad is announced,” said Bierhoff.
Germany also host the Republic of Ireland in a qualifier in Gelsenkirchen next Tuesday and Loew has targeted six points from their two games to give the Germans control of Group D after beating Scotland 2-1 in their opening match.
