A defender released by David Moyes while at Everton has been handed a surprise call up to the Germany squad by Joachim Low.
Shkodran Mustafi, now 21, was let go on a free transfer by Moyes in 2012 after making just one substitute appearance for the Goodison Park side.
But he has flourished at curr
ent club Sampdoria and has now been deemed good enough to make the Germany squad for their friendly with Chile on Wednesday.
ent club Sampdoria and has now been deemed good enough to make the Germany squad for their friendly with Chile on Wednesday.
Centre back Mustafi was a German youth international right through his time at Everton but made his only appearance as a substitute for Tony Hibbert in a Europa League tie with BATE Borisov in December 2009.
He moved on to the Serie A side in January 2012 for nothing and has since made 41 appearances.
Mustafi has a relatively low profile in Germany but was a member of the side that won the European Under 17 Championship in 2009 and has two Under 21 caps.
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