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Joachim Löw and Fritz Keller sat side by side in the car the day after the 6-0 debacle in Spain to travel from Munich to their home in Freiburg. Until now, it has been assumed that the national coach and the DFB president are close friends, but this assumption is incorrect.
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The relationship between Keller and Löw is damaged!
Confirm board members SPORT1 this status quo. The relationship between national team manager Oliver Bierhoff and Löw remains intact and is characterized by mutual trust.
Keller wanted to convince Löw to resign
The one reported on Wednesday imageKeller is said to have recently tried unsuccessfully to convince Löw to step down after MS 2021.
After SPORT1-Information, Keller had this idea immediately after the 6-0 debacle in Spain, it is said that he spoke with Löw about it and also made it known internally. However, this thought game never materialized, although the basement idea was briefly touched upon at the Löw summit on Monday in Frankfurt. However, Keller experienced a lot of headwind, as the presidium is behind Löw.
A member of the Presidential Committee, which Keller, Rainer Koch (first vice president of fans), Peter Peters, after SPORT1-Information from one of Löw’s supporters and first vice president for professionals, Stephan Osnabrügge (treasurer) and DFB general secretary, Friedrich Curtius (missing due to illness), Keller is said to have taken his place Monday morning by reporting to the president that in the event of the announcement of his premature end after the European Championship, he will publicly weaken, and this idea makes no sense if you trust him at the same time until the tournament.
Meanwhile, Keller wanted to send a public message with Löw’s statement of resignation.
Löw doesn’t think about giving up
Consequently, Löw is said to have impulsively asked on Monday: “How do you deal with the executives here? Are you keeping me out of conviction?”
The Presidium gave him the answer in the form of a press release in writing and orally beforehand: Löw is still national coach! Keller’s play, on the other hand, was a classic own goal by the president.
What Löw after SPORT1– What drives the information even more crazy is not the criticism of him, but the fact that internal information from confidential meetings of the DFB has again reached the public.
Giving up is still not an option for the well-deserved 2014 world champion coach, although the national coach remains in place. SPORT1-I would even give information for the benefit of the national team, whenever.
Löw is particularly concerned about the current unfair status at the top of the DFB. It knows like no other: it takes solidarity, loyalty and trust to be able to reach the ambitious goals of the next year.
Power struggle in the DFB leadership
In any case, a power struggle is raging in the DFB leadership as rarely before. Keller is fighting for more decision-making power, having it taken away due to numerous restructurings early in his tenure. Curtius, Koch and Osnabrugge take their opposition. A DFB employee predicted SPORT1: “That will intensify.”
Risk of explosion in the DFB!
On Friday, Bierhoff will comment publicly on the Löw summit and will face selected media representatives in a digital round (SPORT1 informed).
The director of the national team also knows that the DFB is burning internally, while at the same time, in cooperation with Löw, he is doing everything in his power to take the appropriate sports measures.
Keller himself attended a press conference on Wednesday to present a UEFA study on amateur football. Questions about Löw were not allowed.
The future of Löw remains uncertain after the recent disruptions. Nobody can estimate how the national coach will react. After the European Championship at the latest, he will take stock in collaboration with Bierhoff.
