Cacau, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Sven Bender and Julian Draxler have all been left out of Germany coach Joachim Low's final 23-man selection for Euro 2012.
Low announced his squad one day early today [Monday], with the quartet flying back to Germany immediately.
The Germany coach, who took a 27-man squad into two training camps in Sardinia and France, will explain his choices tomorrow [Tuesday] when he will be working with his final group in the build-up to their first match of the tournament against Portugal on June 9.
Stuttgart striker Cacau is a surprise exclusion as Low now takes only three forwards with him to Poland and Ukraine - Mario Gomez, Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski.
Final Germany squad for Euro 2012:
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich),
Tim Wiese (SV Werder Bremen),
Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96),
Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich),
Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich),
Benedikt Howedes (FC Schalke 04),
Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund),
Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund),
Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich),
Per Mertesacker (Arsenal),
Lars Bender (Bayer 04 Leverkusen),
Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich),
Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich),
Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid),
Sami Khedira (Real Madrid),
Marco Reus (VfL Borussia Monchengladbach),
Andre Schurrle (Bayer 04 Leverkusen),
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich),
Ilkay Gundogan (Borussia Dortmund),
Miroslav Klose (Lazio),
Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich),
Lukas Podolski (Arsenel).
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