France, June 2 -- Neuer said auf Wiedersehen to Die Mannschaft, as the German national team is nicknamed, after the European Championship in 2024.

"Anyone who knows me knows that I didn't take this decision lightly," Neuer said, following Germany's elimination in the quarter-finals.

"I feel very well physically and, of course, the 2026 World Cup would also have appealed to me. And yet I came to the decision that now is exactly the right time to end my chapter with the national team."

But Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann, Neuer's boss at Bayern Munich between 2021 and 2023, has persuaded him to return.

"Everyone knows the aura and quality Manu [Neuer] has, what he brings to a team," said Nagelsmann, unveiling his 26-man squad.

"We...