Star men will not be assessed in a friendly against Austria as the reigning champions prepare to finalise their squad for the 2018 World Cup
Mats Hummels and Thomas Muller will not feature for Germany against Austria, as Joachim Low instead assesses players who may not yet be assured of a World Cup place.
The reigning champions play their first warm-up friendly for Russia 2018 in Klagenfurt on Saturday, with Low's 23-man squad for the finals to be confirmed at the start of next week.
And the Germany coach, while yet to settle on a starting XI, does not see the benefit of using players at this stage who featured heavily in qualifying and endured long club seasons.