Celtic star Andreas Hinkel has been called into the Germany squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Finland.The 26-year-old has been added to Joachim Low's squad for the games against Liechtenstein and Finland.

"Andreas is a regular at Celtic and has performed well recently," said Low.

"We are delighted that he is coming back to the national team after such a long break."

Hinkel made his international debut in 2003 and was a regular under former Germany coach Rudi Voller until he left Bundesliga side Stuttgart and moved to Sevilla in 2006.

His transfer to Celtic in January allowed him to rediscover form and he helped the Bhoys win the SPL in May.

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