Germany Drops Nigerian Sidney Sam in the World Cup list

Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Sidney Sam  has been left out of Germany's  30-man provisional list released on Thursday.

Sam was courted by Nigeria to represent the Super Eagles but the player turned down the overtures and rather opted for his country of birth.

The player was eligible to play for Super Eagles by virtue of his father being a Nigerian,and the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) had already begun the paper works to have him cleared but he declined the offer when he was invited for some friendly games by Germany last year.

Meanwhile in the list released by Joachim Löw ,veteran striker Miroslav Klose  is line to make his fourth appearance at the FIFA World Cup.

The Lazio player is a goal short of Ronaldo's all time record of 15 at the FIFA World Cup,which he will be aiming to surpass after he was included in the list.

However,there was no place in the team for Fiorentina's Mario Gomez.

Full squad:
GOALKEEPERS: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Roman Weidenfeller (Borussia Dortmund), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover)

DEFENDERS: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Erik Durm (Borussia Dortmund), Kevin Grosskreutz (Borussia Dortmund), Benedikt Howedes (Schalke), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Marcell Jansen (Hamburg), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal), Shkodran Mustafi (Sampdoria), Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund)

MIDFIELDERS: Lars Bender (Borussia Dortmund), Julian Draxler (Schalke), Matthias Ginter (Freiburg), Leon Goretzka (Schalke), Mario Gotze (Bayern Munich), Andre Hahn (Augsburg), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich), Max Meyer (Schalke), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Lukas Podolski (Arsenal), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Andre Schurrle (Chelsea), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)

FORWARDS: Miroslav Klose (Lazio), Kevin Volland (Hoffenheim)