Continued concerns over Manuel Neuer's fitness

Manuel Neuer

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer's return to full training with the German national team has been pushed back once again.

The 40-year-old veteran, back in the squad, sat out Thursday's closed-door training session in Chicago while he continues to recover from a calf injury. According to the DFB, he is still "building up his fitness on an individual basis".

That leaves the squad with barely enough time to prepare for Saturday's final warm-up match against co-hosts the USA. The final training session is scheduled for Friday at Soldier Field. As a result, Oliver Baumann is set to start in goal again for the DFB, just as he did last Sunday against Finland (4-0).

Julian Nagelsmann has no fresh personnel concerns: on Thursday the national coach worked with 25 World Cup squad members and standby goalkeeper Jonas Urbig at MLS club Chicago Fire's training ground.