BERLIN — Newcastle forward Nick Woltemade did not join the Germany squad as planned on Monday ahead of World Cup qualifying games because of illness.

The 23-year-old Woltemade, who scored in Newcastle’s 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Sunday, has a flu infection, the German soccer federation said.

It’s unclear if he will be fit in time to face Luxembourg in Sinsheim on Friday or Northern Ireland in Belfast next Monday.

Woltemade will be expected to join the rest of the squad in the coming days. He has made a promising start at Newcastle, with three goals in eight days, including one during the 4-0 win at Union Saint-Gilloise in the Champions League on Wednesday. Altogether he has three in the Premier League.

Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann called up Freiburg goalkeeper Noah Atubolu b

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