Niclas Füllkrug has his biggest fans in his own team.

It's touching how his team-mates from Werder Bremen have been campaigning for him for weeks.

He was "the best German striker we have," said Leonardo Bittencourt.

Niklas Stark, two-time national player, says: "The national team has technically great players, but when it comes to the clear nine, you can't avoid abundance." His strike partner Marvin Ducksch emphasizes with a wink that Füllkrug goes into duels, which he would never dare.

If you subtract the bias of your colleagues and look at the numbers, the result remains clear: Please report, Hansi Flick!

Niclas Füllkrug has scored seven goals and two assists in eight games, making him the top scorer.

Two of his goals came in the 5-1 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach;

the 29-year-old prepared the fifth Bremen goal finely.

"Gap for Germany!" shouted the Werder fans in the sold-out Weser Stadium.

The celebrated himself remains reserved.

"Others should judge that," he said about the possible invitation to join the circle of elite players, and his coach steers the same course: "In the end, that's not my issue," replied Ole Werner in the best Thomas Schaaf manner.

After all, he emphasized the "positive obsession" of the filling krug.

You can see it in the striker as soon as he warms up: Füllkrug exudes the pure joy of football life, and that certainly can't hurt in these times.

In any case, most people went to the Bremen night on Saturday evening because of his actions.

Everyone likes to have that in the team

Füllkrug himself explained his form with a longer period of being free of injury: "I can continue where I left off in every training session and don't have to struggle to get there." Without his cruciate ligament tear and problems with the cartilage in both knees, he probably played anyway long ago elsewhere.

Sometimes, in the early years, there was a lack of seriousness.

Now, with his 19 goals in Bremen's second division year, he has started a late career in the Bundesliga.

The sporty maturation was accompanied by private happiness, because daughter Emilia has been part of the Füllkrug family since 2019.

Füllkrug is a guy that everyone likes to have on the team.

He easily manages to think outside the box.

On the pitch, he takes on various roles alongside Ducksch.

First runner, technically strong executor, also preparer with fine technique.

In the offensive header no German player is better.

There are also positive charisma and physical compactness.

Wouldn't that be the ideal man for Flick to give late special assignments to?

If it doesn't work against Japan, Germany is behind against Spain?

The national coach is allowed to take 26 players to the World Cup in Qatar, three more than his colleagues at previous tournaments.

In Flick's favored 4-2-3-1, as of now, there would be room for this center forward with the distinctive tooth gap.

Flick has announced a surprising nomination.

And if he still needs help in making a decision, he can call Lothar Matthäus.

He has been raving about Niclas Füllkrug for weeks.