DFB national team
Media reports: Nagelsmann will be the new national coach
Julian Nagelsmann should lead the men’s national team to success at the home European Championships in 2024
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According to consistent media reports, Julian Nagelsmann will be the new national coach. Accordingly, the ex-Bayern coach’s commitment should last until the end of the 2024 European Championship.
According to information from “Bild” and “kickers”, Julian Nagelsmann is to become the new national football coach. It was said on Tuesday that the German Football Association had agreed in principle to work together with the 36-year-old former Bayern coach until the home European Championships in 2024. Only the final details remain to be clarified. There was initially no confirmation of this from the DFB or Nagelsmann.
Nagelsmann would succeed Hansi Flick, from whom the association separated on September 10th due to continued lack of success. The DFB team had lost 4-1 against Japan the previous evening, their third game in a row. Nagelsmann was relieved of his duties in Munich last March during an international break. His current contract in Munich should be terminated and he will come to the DFB on a free transfer, the report continued.
The DfB team will travel to the USA in October
In the 2-1 win against France on September 12th in Dortmund, sports director Rudi Völler temporarily took over as team boss in a short comeback, together with Hannes Wolf and ex-national player Sandro Wagner on the German bench. The 63-year-old had already described this as a “one-off” task before the game and reiterated the urgency in the search for a national coach. On October 9th, the national team will fly to North America for two international matches against the USA and Mexico.
With Flick, the DFB selection had already failed in the preliminary round of the World Cup in Qatar at the end of 2022; this year they only managed one win in six games, 2-0 against Peru. Völler spoke of a “World Cup baggage” that Flick was unable to shake off.
Many names were in the running
Immediately after the terrible defeat against Japan, there was speculation about a number of names, including the almost eternal dream solution Jürgen Klopp, who is tied to Liverpool FC. Nagelsmann had not yet found a new club. The question of money was open because he was contractually bound to the record champions with a well-paid working paper. It was indicated early on that an agreement between the financially struggling DFB and Bayern was possible.