Klinsmann Calls Nine to Pre-World Cup Tests

German national coach Jürgen Klinsmann has called up nine players for physical tests next week ahead of the World Cup.

"We've analysed the situation and it seems important to us to have some precise and full details on all the players currently making up part of the wider squad," Klinsmann said in a statement released by the German Football Federation.

The nine players called up for the tests on Monday are Schalke 04 trio Fabian Ernst, Gerald Asamoah and Kevin Kuranyi, Bayern Munich duo Bastian Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker of Hanover, Miroslav Klose and Torsten Frings of Werder Bremen, and Wolfsburg's Mike Hanke.

All but two of the players either missed the previous physical test last month through injury or being involved in club matches. Klose, leading scorer in the Bundesliga, and Mertesacker both took part in the Dusseldorf tests.

Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, and Bayern Munich duo Michael Ballack and Oliver Kahn have not been called up for either session. Klinsmann will unveil his squad of 23 players for the June 9-July 9 World Cup on May 15 in Berlin.