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Per Mertesacker named in Germany's Euro 2012 squad

Germany defender Per Mertesacker poses during an official photo shooting of the Germany national football team on November 14, 2011 in Hamburg (credit: OLIVER HURST/AFP/Getty Images)
Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker has been named in the 27-man provisional Germany squad for Euro 2012 despite being out injured since February.

The giant centre-half suffered ankle ligament damage during the 2-1 victory over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.

But the 27-year-old is confident he will be fit for the European Championship in Poland and the Ukraine which Germany are 7/2 with Paddy Power to win.

“I think by the time the Euro starts I will have achieved a level of fitness like never before,” said Mertesacker.

“In the past I have always missed out when it comes to getting the optimal preparation time. I haven’t had to bend and twist to accommodate Arsenal to be fit for the Euro.”

Germany coach Joachim Low said: “We have spoken with Per and he has put in a lot of effort in getting back to fitness. He has to get back to competitive levels of fitness and we hope to get him there over the coming weeks.”

Low’s side play their first match of Euro 2012 against Portugal and are 5/6 with Paddy Power to win. Portugal are 3/1 and it’s 12/5 for a draw.

The 27-man squad will be trimmed to 23 by May 29, with a training camp in Sardinia scheduled from Friday, May 11 minus the Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund players who will contest the German Cup final and Champions League final.

Provisional Germany squad for Euro 2012

Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover), Marc-André ter Stegen (Borussia Mönchengladbach); Holger Badstuber, Jérôme Boateng, Philipp Lahm (all Bayern Munich), Benedikt Höwedes (Schalke), Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer (both Borussia Dortmund), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal); Sven Bender, Mario Götze, Ilkay Gundogan (all Borussia Dortmund), Lars Bender, Andre Schürrle (both Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (Schalke), Toni Kroos, Thomas Müller, Bastian Schweinsteiger (all Bayern Munich), Sami Khedira, Mesut Ozil (both Real Madrid), Marco Reus (Borussia Monchengladbach); Lukas Podolski (Cologne), Cacau (Stuttgart), Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich), Miroslav Klose (Lazio).


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Per Mertesacker named in Germany's Euro 2012 squad

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