As a Leicester guy pushes the national team management will not publicly support the Celtic star due to…..

1. As a Leicester guy pushes, the national team management will not publicly support the Celtic star.

Kasper Schmeichel of Celtic is currently being pushed for a spot by Leicester City’s Mads Hermansen, but new Denmark boss Brian Riemer has publicly refused to support him as his number one. Riemer’s remarks at his news conference before the international break began are covered by Tipsbladet today. In the Nations League, Denmark’s first games under Riemer’s leadership since his appointment last month, the country will play Spain and Serbia. Many of the familiar characters were there in his initial team announcement, including Schmeichel of Celtic.

Since 2014, he has been his nation’s first-choice goalie, however it is still unclear if Riemer will maintain that position. This is because, at 38, he is already very much a veteran, and the only player in the current roster with more national team appearances is Christian Eriksen. But, with Frederik Rønnow’s retirement moving Leicester’s Hermansen into second position in the rankings, the competition is right on his tail.

Schmeichel may have the advantage because Celtic is in the Champions League, but he has been a mainstay for Leicester in the Premier League this season. However, Riemer has declined to comment on the matter. In contrast to several of my predecessors, I will not make any pre-match comments regarding my potential starting lineup. I want to keep it to myself until Friday, when you’ll have to meet our staff. Backs or forwards, it makes no difference whether it’s our goalie,” he remarked.

“In purely competitive terms, I would give our opponent an advantage if I told now who should start where. We have to train three times, and then the coach sets the team, and then the starting line-up comes out to the public on Friday, when we have to play.

“I choose the goalkeeper who is the best. It is very simple. I pick him based on parameters of how good he is at saving the ball, how good he is with his feet and what his leadership is like. The three elements are decisive for who is the goalkeeper for the Danish national team.”