Germany spring huge shock as injury-hit Marco Reus axed from Euro 2016 squad

Reus missed the friendly defeat to Slovakia with an adductor problem, but the severity of the problem only became clear when Low unveiled his squad on Tuesday.

"He can only run straight," said Low, inferring that Reus is unable to turn at speed.

"We took more players to training camp due to minor injuries. I know that those left behind will be disappointed."

It is a huge setback for the talented forward, who also missed Germany's 2014 World Cup triumph due to injury. The news was delivered on Reus's 27th birthday.

Low had to cull four players and also dropped Karim Bellarabi, Sebastian Rudy and Julian Brandt.

Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger makes the squad despite his injury struggles and will captain Germany in France.

Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen), Marc-Andre ter-Stegen (Barcelona)

Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Emre Can (Liverpool), Jonas Hector (Koln), Benedikt Howedes (Schalke), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia), Antonio Rudiger (Roma)

Midfielders: Sami Khedira (Juventus), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Andre Schurrle (Wolfsburg), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Mario Gotze (Bayern Munich), Julian Draxler (Wolfsburg), Leroy Sane (Schalke), Julian Weigl (Borussia Dortmund), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)

Forwards: Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Mario Gomez (Besiktas), Lukas Podolski (Galatasaray)