Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack has tipped Arsenal 'keeper Jens Lehmann to retain his place in the Germany squad heading into this summer's Euro 2008...
The veteran goalkeeper is out of favour at the Emirates, with Manuel Almunia now occupying the number one slot at the Gunners.
As such there have been rumours that Lehmann could lose his place in the German national side due to a lack of first-team action, but Ballack disputes that this should be the case.
He told Bild, "It is of course tough if you don’t play for your club.
"But Jens has shown that he is the right man to keep goal.
"I believe there will be no more talk about it in the lead up to the championships."
Indeed, Lehmann started in the midweek friendly against co-hosts Switzerland, helping the Nationalelf to a 4-0 win and maintaining a clean-sheet record of 621 minutes in the process.
Thus it seems that the likes of Rene Adler, Manuel Neuer and Timo Hildebrand will need to wait longer for a slot in Joachim Löw's side.
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