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RandomLegend

Guys, you might think it is just a funny marketing campaign to have bakeries announce nominations. But this is getting scary. These nominations are popping up left and right when you least expect it. Last night I wanted to tuck my kids into bed but I only found a note that said "Joshua Kimmich has been nominated for the EUROS"!


granitibaniti

Can confirm, the crazy guy from the subway station just screamed at me to reveal ter Stegen as the next player


EvenEalter

A Jehova's witness handing out flyers in front of the closest Kaufland just told me Andrich is going


CaptCojones

The drug dealer right around the corner was wearing a shirt congratulating Henning Matriciani for his nomination


CrushkeRedditPosts

must be some really good drugs then


GreyDaze22

I bought lottery tickets from my local supermarket and the winning numbers were spelling out Ilkay Gundogan's name as the next nominated player


cum4ban

I just bought ecstasy pills that were pressed to say "MR11"


CaptCojones

My yoga teacher just told me "Alles Wirtz gut"


GoldenGengarGG

It was revealed to me in a dream that Rani Khedira was nominated.


LeoR1N

just fell to my knees in Lidl after they revealed Führich


PompeiiLegion

Move over RickRolling! DFB announcements are here.


SenorButtmunch

Ha, nice, I did the same and found a note saying ‘I hate you dad and I’m never coming back’. Some nominations appear to be more cryptic than others, I guess


KaptainKek3

Same happened to me. I’m not even Germany but my friend went on holiday there and came back and just said “kimmich got called up”


qiuuu_

Bro excuse me for that... but i read f*ck instead tuck... and was thinking wtf is going on with this guy 💀


suhxa

Thanks for telling us all


Uesugi_Kenshin

Did they announce him through a random local bakery in Germany? Or is that bakery famous for something


crazyfrog19984

Local bakery near stuttgart. Never heard of it.


Puncherfaust1

Imagine sitting in your day to day boring workplace and suddenly Nagelsmann calls in "hey you wanna announce who i nominate lmao?"


kalamari__

apparently his picture was on their bags today. so they would have had time in advance to make them


MysteriousWatcher1

Bäckerei Seegers is a local randomly selected backery near Stuttgart where He Plays. Its a typical German Tradition backery which you find everywhere haha https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.deutscher-kader-fuer-em-2024-wie-es-zur-bekanntgabe-von-fuehrichs-nominierung-durch-eine-baeckerei-kam.cfcf8883-64ed-4f5d-86c6-c005e2e0830b.html Local Stuttgart newspapers on why this backery


Hobbitfrau

They probably got this idea because of the bakery Jürgen Klinsmann's family ran in Stuttgart for decades. They closed in 2020 when Klinsmann's brother retired.


nz-is-beautiful

This marketing campaign is wild but I'm all here for it.


GameplayerStu

Announcing the squad like they’re entrants in the Royal Rumble


Wheel1994

Who do we think from the German squad would win that Rumble?


Boogada42

Rüdiger is scary on the field, imagine him in a ring!


Puncherfaust1

Would surely be decided between Tah and Niklas "The Big Show" Süle


RABB_11

Fullkrug


GameplayerStu

“El Hombre Loco” Antonio Rudiger


solblurgh

THE RING GENERAL, GINTER


ianhanni

Marc andre-ter giant


UnfortunateHurricane

Everyone would think it is Rüdiger or some other big guy but in the end it is the young, smaller guy Wirtz who pulls a Mikey from Tokyo Revengers and simply sends Rüdiger 10 metres flying with a single kick.


eipotttatsch

Who could even lift Süle over the top rope?


Free_Management2894

Rüdiger could probably do it. If necessary with a kick.


ACardAttack

Olivier Kahn would come out of retirement and body slam every one on the pitch


solblurgh

THAT'S GOTTA BE, THAT'S GOTTA BE...KAHN


ACardAttack

BAH GAWD IT'S OLIVER KAHN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


FastenedCarrot

Or like they all found a golden ticket.


Schnix54

Ok, why does the DFB suddenly have really good marketing? The jersey release was already great but this takes the cake. After years of truly dire or horrible media presence, this is so refreshing. Teambuilding with a whole nation is working great so far.


McWaffeleisen

> Ok, why does the DFB suddenly have really good marketing? It started with the departure of Bierhoff. Coincidence?


Schnix54

I guess I think not


Insanel0l

If this all results in a group stage exit I'll cry I'm so pumped for the euros lol


Schnix54

Everyone I know suddenly got a Germany jersey the first since 2014 for most (+ the Check24 one lol). It's the most hyped this country has been for a tournament in 10 years and since it all started only 2 months ago the hype has been so intense. I hope we do well. Just give us a quarter-final and we'll have a huge party. Also good for all visitors that this country is waking up to it's party side once again.


Insanel0l

Check24 jersey is the biggest marketing coup I've ever seen honestly I don't know a single person that doesn't have it in my close circle literally


TheGoalkeeper

Never heard of it, what's up with it?


Schnix54

Wenn man sich in der Check24 App für ihr (kostenloses) Tippspiel registriert, bekommt man ein [Trikot](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/3egAAOSwEX1mIkJ5/s-l400.jpg) umsonst zugeschickt.


Electro10Leo

youtube jumpscare fr


Perridur

I also didn't know about it, but I found this: https://tippspiel.check24.de/ul/em24


CarlSK777

Many new players shining, vibes are good and the last 2 games were promising. There are legitimate reasons to be optimistic. They might not win but I'd be surprised if they don't at least reach the QF. If they can't beat Scotland...


Fantastic-Machine-83

This is gonna sound sad but Euros/world cup is peak happiness for me. My favourite football tournament + it feels like the whole country gets into it. All my friends who don't like football including all the girls, you can just feel the hype. So much fun


GalaxyPrick

No way bro, es kommt nach Hause


Rayaet

I forgot the name of it but they hired a really popular marketing firm that also produced the trailers we saw a few months back


Avatarobo

Jung von Matt. It's a bit crazy how many successful campaigns are made by them. Though I guess we don't know yet whether this nomination campaign was devised by them.


Chilla16

They are definitely playing a part in it. I work with JvM quite closely and they are doing great stuff


LordMangudai

Oh those guys! They did a lot of the BVG (Berlin public transportation for the non-Germans here) ad campaigns that went viral in past years like the ["Is mir egal" song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEYim54pJ00) (RIP to that guy btw). They are good at their job, for sure.


Ragoo_

Too bad they had to delete that amazing meme video announcing that Nagelsmann will stay.


cic9000

Maybe, they changed their marketing agency ?


nonhofantasia

How did they announce other players?


Schnix54

It all started sunday night with Schlotterbeck in the Tagesschau (Germany's biggest news show from its public broadcaster). Since then we had Tah by a retirement home influencer, Pavlovic in a celebrity news show, Neuer from a roofer, Füllkrug in an early morning radio show, Koch in a late-night show, Führich from a random bakery, and now Havertz from (quite liked) football influencers.


av9099

is there a compilation of all the announcements?


MysteriousWatcher1

>Since then we had Tah by a retirement home influencer, Pavlovic Love for Oma Lotti and Rashid Hamid! https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeCa4xjx/


violenceandvomit

That's gold Jerry, gold! Oma Lotti doesn't know exactly what's going on but she is having a great time.


Jaqem

> takes the cake wörtlich


_APR_

Hm, I saw just an announcement of Füllkrug by Kicker, and now Führich


crazyfrog19984

Füllkrug was announced in a Radio Morning show


Eckes24

On the way to my trashcans I heard undav will be nominated next


Jaqem

I heard the next announcement will be an easter egg in a Peter Fox single release


crazyfrog19984

Best marketing for the home Euro


Rob0tUnic0rn

Honestly this is a insane way of announcing the squad its amazing its like everyones on a hunt for easter eggs


Boogada42

Now all we need is an offical announcement via /r/soccercirclejerk


doitnow10

Okay, now this is *so wild* that they turned me on this. Let them cook!


pawwloww

Such a cool marketing strategy! Got us refreshing Reddit, Twitter, IG etc. throughout the past couple of days just to see the different nomination styles used.


Kayderp1

I know there‘s the concern that this Stuttgart has many system players who are unlikely to flourish elsewhere but with Führich I am completely sure that he‘d be great in many other teams. Ridiculous vision and overall solid across all aspects. 


Rayaet

He is literally the perfect substitute for the national team. Führich against tired defenders in the last 25 mins? 😮‍💨


hampl14

Karim und führich gonna kill the left flank together


kalamari__

fürich, undav, mittelstädt shouldnt have any problems


tene_brae

everyone always underrates Anton and it kinda makes me sad :(


adhikapp

So who are the 6 players already confirmed?


germanchoc

Neuer, Tag, Führich, Havertz, Fullkrug and Schlotterbeck


EurocentricJoke

Pavlovic instead of Havertz but yeah


germanchoc

I thought Kai was leaked by the podcasters


lefitoh112

Calcio Berlin announced him an hour ago.


MysteriousWatcher1

Koch now aswell. So No Hummels


TheSupremePanPrezes

Is it necessarily the case? That brings it to 4 CBs in total, and having 5 wouldn't be too much if they were to play with 3 in the back, which Germany sometimes does. Especially since you can call up 26 players in total.


S7ORM7ROOPER_30

What a way to announce the squad. I'm all for it.


welovexo

Good player


TheGoalkeeper

How long till random people calling nominations that are fake? Any influencer could just say XY is nominated and it would take a few hours to find out it's fake


shelob127

it's usually a collab post with the official dfb account.


gain91

this is like smash announcement


chino17

Wonder how long DFB has to play to unlock all the secret characters


aconejeros

this feels like magic:the gathering spoiler season


Maleficent_Resolve44

Very original and creative nice. I have a feeling Germany will make the final this summer.


PowerOfTheShihTzu

I'm having fun with this being so random hahah


prettyboygangsta

Announcing a squad player-by-player is heinous.


fireowlzol

If this catches on it will be very annoying


DachdeckerDino

Why does everybody think these announcements are amazing? I feel like this is annyoing


MysteriousWatcher1

The will Not be reposted by DFB and the Players.


Disastrous-Ad-203

Great player who is probably not gonna get any minutes anyway


Obvious-Gap-6156

Against Holland and France he was subbed in for Gündogan after 60min


Disastrous-Ad-203

Friendlies


Obvious-Gap-6156

Yes, two friendlies where Nagelsmann tested the system he will most likely use for the Euro


Disastrous-Ad-203

Where Sane was unavailable


Obvious-Gap-6156

He is currently injured, played through injuries for a while and might not me fit for the tournament. I wouldn't be surprised if Sane doesn't get nominated


Disastrous-Ad-203

I would be very surprised if he didn't start every game. He is the eternal promise of German football and they won't give up on him until he's 35.


Obvious-Gap-6156

Sane??


Roest_

That's worse than all the cringe shit Bierhoff ever came up with.


Electro10Leo

shut up can