Spain – Germany: possible successor to Löw

You have the feeling that Joachim Löw has been the national coach for years. In fact, it is a little over 14 years old. Well, forever in football. The 0: 6 in Spain at the end of the Nations League was the biggest bankruptcy in Löw’s tenure.

A feat: footballers in the DFB jersey had not experienced such humiliation since May 24, 1931, 0: 6 against Austria. Even if Löw’s hair now shows gray features, since the Weimar Republic he has not been in charge of selecting the (supposedly) best in the country.

The question arises from a current bad event: When is the end of the line for the federal yogi who suddenly seemed to be finally assuming the position of best coach in this country in July 2006 instead of the summer fairy tale coach? Jurgen Klinsmann? No other national coach has been in office longer. The earnings crisis mixes with the leadership crisis. Löw wants and can stay for now, but how much longer?

The question of his successor is closely related to the timing of his replacement. Before or at the beginning of the European Championship year, give the newcomer at least five games (three World Cup qualifiers in March and two test games in June) to start? Or just after the tournament, when the elimination for the Qatar 2022 World Cup in September continues?

Jürgen Klopp (53 years old): The successful Liverpool manager has a contract with the cult club until 2024. After winning the Champions League in 2019, he won the 30-year championship with the Reds in 2020. His contract runs until 2024 and the new saint of the Liverpool city after the Beatles could only throw themselves to the ground.

Insiders want to know that the former Dortmund manager sees the position of national coach as the culmination of his coaching career. But a timely goodbye from Liverpool seems unthinkable today. Y: Doesn’t Klopp need a break after super intense time at the Reds?

Hansi Flick (55): The three-time FC Bayern coach, who assisted Löw with the national team from 2006 to 2014, has enjoyed the herculean task in Munich, which, to everyone’s surprise, he has mastered with great success for just over a year. He embellished the triple with two Super Cup hits.

Ahead of his 50th competitive game for Bayern on Saturday against Werder Bremen, Flick has a 92 percent win rate. Neither Pep Guardiola nor Ottmar Hitzfeld or Jupp Heynckes scored more points per game (Flick 2.65). Bayern bosses knew why they gave the former DFB sports director a contract until 2023. As with Klopp: unrealistic in the near future, but as of 2024 the national coach chosen by many football fans in this country .

Ralf Rangnick (62): The former Leipzig coach and sporting director would certainly like to take over. After the failed engagement at AC Milan as the almighty boss in a double role (like Felix Magath at Schalke and Wolfsburg), Rangnick’s time seems to be up. And with all due respect: would it be the right sign in terms of a new beginning and departure to replace Löw, 60, with Master Rangnick, aged two? No. The only advantage: it would be available immediately.

Thomas Tuchel (47): Currently in his third year with France’s industry leader and winner of all Paris Saint-Germain, he is hardening there, as in his two years BVB 2015 to 2017. It is very possible that after the end of the contract in 2021 have the faxes full at the elite superstar club around Qatari sponsor and president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi.

Only a Champions League win could keep the football nerd in the spirit of Pep Guardiola at PSG beyond next summer. If Bierhoff gets involved with him and his way of working, a perfectly conceivable alternative.

Julian Nagelsmann (33): The young star of the coaches’ guild has yet to turn down the horns at RB Leipzig, the next step in his career after a few years in Saxony would probably be BVB or FC Bayern, but not the national team yet.

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Christian Streich (55 years old): He has excellent connections with the head of the DFB, Fritz Keller, who was previously head of Streich in Freiburg. The quirky coach with the German dialect has been the head coach at SC since January 2012, and cannot be fired there.

Marcus Sorg (54 years old): Löw’s current assistant coach represented his boss in two qualifying matches in the summer of 2019. If you prefer to stay modestly on the back burner, you’ll probably have to go with a Löw farewell because a successor brings a new team.

Stefan Kuntz (58): He grabbed direct qualification for the 2021 European Championship final with the U21 on Tuesday. He led the DFB Juniors 2017 in Poland to the European Championship title. He does an excellent job, he considers himself an intelligent friend of the players. It would not be a glamorous name, but maybe a temporary solution. And see the story of former transition coach Flick, who knows?

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