Germany's coaching search: Who is the right one?

Sandro Wagner's dashing commands echoed audibly through the still empty Dortmund arena. Hannes Wolf also interacted very actively with the players, while Rudi Völler monitored the national soccer team's training down on the pitch like a kind of supervisor. The roles in the interim coaching team were clearly assigned during the only training session before the test against France on Tuesday evening (20.45 p.m.). But the trio is not a permanent solution, as the 63-year-old Völler emphasized.

“I can help out,” said interim head coach Völler: “I still don’t like it now.” He has a clear idea of how things should continue after this “unique thing” from Wednesday: “In such an important tournament as the home tournament It is very important to EM that we find the right solution, a coach who puts his heart and soul into it.” Someone like Julian Nagelsmann, for example? <a data-caption="Rudi Völler und seine Co-Trainer Hannes Wolf (r.) und Sandro Wagner (l.): Das Trio wird Deutschland beim Spiel gegen Frankreich führen. © ANSA / Christopher Neundorf" data-fancybox="inline-173302" target="_image" href="https://s3-images.sportnews.bz/_images/scale/1280x1280/img/2023/09/rudi-voeller-und-seine-co-trainer-hannes-wolf-r-und-sandro-wagner-l-das-trio-wird-deutschland-beim-spiel-gegen-frankreich-fuehren.jpg"> Rudi Völler and his assistant coaches Hannes Wolf (r.) and Sandro Wagner (l.): The trio will lead Germany in the game against France. © ANSA / Christopher Neundorf

Völler wisely did not outline an exact profile and possible exclusion criteria (no contract, German-speaking). Völler shrewdly dismissed questions about candidates like ex-Bayern coach Nagelsmann, who was reflexively seen as the favorite, as “trick questions”. “That’s what I learned in this business, not to comment on names,” he said with a smile. Völler plays the main role in filling the national coaching position alongside DFB President Bernd Neuendorf (“We need a spirit of optimism”) and DFL Supervisory Board Chairman Hans-Joachim Watzke. The task force with football personalities such as Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Matthias Sammer should also be included in the coaching search again.

Nagelsmann? Klopp? Van Gaal? They are only now creating a shortlist or longlist of candidates at the DFB. “Of course there are names that are absolutely possible,” said sports director Völler. And “of course” “Nagelsmann, like many others, is also an absolute top trainer”. The 36-year-old could become a project coach for the home European Championships, like Jürgen Klinsmann once was for the 2006 home World Cup. Nagelsmann would be a great solution for the cash-strapped DFB. FC Bayern Munich, which still pays its coach, who was fired in March, a generous monthly salary, would hardly torpedo a DFB solution. After the mistaken belief with Flick, the association now has to go all-in for its home tournament.

Nagelsmann is a contender. Jürgen Klopp remains the eternal dream national coach. Sammer, who suffered serious health problems years ago, doesn't like it. Louis van Gaal feels honored by his alleged candidate status. Ralf Rangnick wants to continue his work as national coach in Austria. Stefan Kuntz is tied to Turkey, but is still a hot candidate. A candidate for the DFB? Louis van Gaal has already worked successfully at Bayern. © APA/afp / MAURICE VAN STEEN

Völler gave a timeline to complete the “main task” of finding a coach. “It is important to present the right person in three and a half weeks. We're working on it." Because on October 9th, the national team will fly to North America for two international matches against the USA and Mexico. Völler knows that the choice of coach has to be right. “We still have nine months to create euphoria. That is absolutely possible with a new national coach. A new man can make a difference. We can still play a good European Championship.”

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Germany's coaching search: Who is the right one?

After the France game, the national team will go on tour to the USA in October. Until then, the DFB wants to name the new ideal solution in the coaching bench after the sudden separation from Hansi Flick. The first approaches to a solution already exist.

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