Germany host Spain in their opening Nations League match on Thursday with Bayern Munich duo Leroy Sane and Niklas Suele looking to rediscover top form after long-term knee injuries. Germany face Spain in Stuttgart before playing Switzerland three days later in Basel. Both matches will go ahead behind closed doors. It gives coach Joachim Loew the chance to assess the fitness of former Manchester City winger Sane and centre-back Suele in a weakened Germany squad missing rested fellow Bayern players Manuel Neuer, Serge Gnabry, Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka. "I think I'm at 80 percent", Sane told the German FA website. "Of course, the games and the rhythm are missing," added Sane, who has played just a handful of minutes since tearing knee ligaments last August.

Bayern defender Suele, who suffered a similar injury last October, made his return in the knockout stages of the Champions League in Lisbon. The 24-year-old shone after replacing Jerome Boateng early in the Lisbon final in Bayern's 1-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain. "I have missed doing what I love," Suele said in Tuesday's press conference, clearly just glad to be back on Germany duty in "a really cool team". "Spain is still a great world football power with incredible individual players."