German Football Association the morning after The World Cup is over decision on National team coach Julian Nagelsmann’s future is on hold. The 38-year-old was still at Foxboro Stadium after the match. Lost on penalties to Paraguay and thus missing out on a place in the round of 16, declared his desire to remain in his post.
DFB President Bernd Neuendorf – commented at the team headquarters in Winston-Salem before the individual departure of the team players Captain Joshua Kimmich In a statement: “After the bitter defeat to Paraguay and the exit from the World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico, I sat longer yesterday with national coach Julian Nagelsmann and the sports management around Andreas Rettig and Rudi Völler. We agree that the performance at the World Cup did not meet our standards.”
Neuendorf announced that they would “together and calmly” discuss the reasons “why the team was unable to use its existing potential and did not live up to its own expectations and the expectations of football in Germany.” The 64-year-old concluded: “After such a low blow, we cannot and do not want to simply return to business as usual, given the challenges ahead of us.”
Immediately after he was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs and clearly fell short of his goal of becoming world champion, Nagelsmann announced his intention to continue performing on television and at a press conference. “I am available if you want me. And if you don’t want to, you have to say so,” he said. His contract with the German Football Association runs until the end of the 2028 European Championship. As with the release of the preliminary round in Russia in 2018 Joachim Löw and in Qatar in 2022 Hansi Flick The DFB team missed out on the top 16 round for the third time in a row in the 48-team World Cup finals in America for the first time. “I’m not one to run away. This is out of the question,” said Nagelsmann after a disappointing performance in the round of 16.
The former Bundesliga coach (Hoffenheim, RB Leipzig, Bayern Munich) replaced Flick in September 2023. He played his first international matches in October 2023, also during a trip to the USA. And in Foxboro he even held his first training sessions.
In his first tournament as DFB head coach two years ago, he was unfortunately eliminated 1-2 after extra time in the European Championship quarter-finals at home to eventual title holders Spain.
The leading candidate for possible successor is at least public Jurgen Klopp traded. The 59-year-old has worked as Head of Football at Red Bull GmbH since January 2025. Previously, Klopp was a very successful coach at Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool, among others. Among other things, he became the German champion with BVB and even won the Champions League with Liverpool. At the World Cup, Klopp works as a MagentaTV expert.
The first international match of the German team after the World Cup will take place on September 24 in the Netherlands at the start of the Nations League. Other group opponents for the rest of the year are Greece and Serbia. (dpa)