Goalkeeping trio to make World Cup: Loew

More than four months before the World Cup starts, Germany coach Joachim Loew said Wednesday goalkeepers Rene Adler, Tim Wiese and Manuel Neuer will all travel to South Africa.

Leverkusen shot-stopper Adler is his current first-choice, but Loew insists the performances of both Bremen’s Wiese and Schalke’s Neuer for the national team and their respective Bundesliga clubs means all three will travel.

Loew already has the three goalkeepers he needs for the tournament which runs from June 11 to July 11 and says he cannot imagine another shot-stopper will come into contention.

“The situation is crystal clear,” Loew told German magazine Sport Bild.

“We have three goalkeepers who have absolute priority and will travel to the World Cup, because for one or two years they have put in top class performances.

“There is no occasion, I can see, where we favour another goalkeeper as anything other than fourth choice, unless one of them gets injured.”

Dortmund’s Roman Weidenfeller has been in good form recently with his side up to fifth in the Bundesliga and is the only realistic candidate at this stage who could force his way into contention.