The German Football Association (DFB) has begun discussions with potential candidates for the position of national coach. This position is vacant after the resignation of Hansi Flick. Bernd Neuendorf, President of the German Football Association, said that the German Football Association aims to appoint a new national coach for the upcoming matches next October against the United States and Mexico.
Neuendorf did not want to specify the candidates with whom the federation would hold talks. Names have already been mentioned in the media, including Louis van Gaal repeatedly. Michael Ballack on Monday was the latest in a string of former internationals to put the Dutchman forward as an ideal successor to Flick, who has suffered defeat after defeat with Germany in recent months.
Ballack said about Van Gaal in the specialized football magazine Kicker: “He is a respectable person, who has experienced everything and knows the full training repertoire.” “We just have to get used to the fact that he doesn’t have a German passport.”
DFB director Rudi Föller, who was temporarily on the bench for last week’s 2-1 friendly win over France, is taking the lead role in discussions with the candidates, which, according to German media, also include Julian Nagelsmann and Stefan Kuntz. . .
