This article contains adult content that may be inappropriate for minors. Please confirm that you are 18 years or older to continue. This article contains images or details that some readers may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. Austria, which topped Group H in the qualification for the 2026 World Cup, has secured two significant reinforcements for the team managed by Ralf Rangnick. The call-up announced this Monday includes one of the most promising German players and also an English under-19 European champion, for whom Chelsea paid 18 million euros at the age of 18. We are talking about Paul Wanner, a 20-year-old winger currently representing PSV, who was the runner-up in the under-21 European Championship with Germany in 2025. He is also the youngest player ever to debut for Bayern Munich's first team, at 16 years and 15 days. After months of contention between the two national teams he could represent, as he was born in Austria and moved to Germany at a young age, Wanner chose his country of birth. A similar decision was made by Carney Chukwuemeka, a 22-year-old central midfielder who is in his second season at Borussia Dortmund, a club he joined on loan from Chelsea last season, transferring permanently at the start of this season, which has been the best of his career so far. Trained at Aston Villa, Chukwuemeka has accumulated 23 youth international caps up to under-20 for England, with which he was the under-19 European champion in 2022.
English European World Cup remains central to this story.
English European World Cup remains central to this story.
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