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There are also private reasons for Nagelsmann to stay
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When it comes to contract extensions, national coach Julian Nagelsmann remains vague. When it looks like he’s about to open the poker game, he quickly backtracks. In any case, he doesn’t want to create pressure, the focus is on another topic.
More than ten million viewers saw the strong performance of national coach Julian Nagelsmann’s team on ZDF. They also got to see and hear what Nagelsmann’s future with the national team could look like.
The fact is: the appreciation is great, Nagelsmann is undoubtedly in a comfortable situation. Especially since the DFB would like to extend the contract with the national coach early. In the run-up to the 2-0 win in Lyon against France, DFB President Bernd Neuendorf had declared that the association would be following the international round of international matches, which ends on Tuesday in Frankfurt with the game against the Netherlands (8.45 p.m., in the WELT sports ticker). , who wanted to open discussions with Nagelsmann. The contract with the 36-year-old only runs until the European Championships (June 14th to July 14th).
But what does Nagelsmann want? The only thing that is clear so far is that he doesn’t want to take a break, but wants to continue working immediately after the European Championships – at a club or the DFB.
“Of course that depends a little on the offer,” says Nagelsmann
According to information from BILD, his family is said to be an important factor in his decision. Due to the custody agreement with his ex-wife, the children who live in the Munich region play a major role in the decision. Nagelsmann wants to actively support the development. This can hardly be reconciled with a job abroad and is difficult even in Dortmund.
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After the final whistle in Lyon, one could get the impression that Nagelsmann wanted to open contract poker. When asked on ZDF about a possible contract extension, he said that “of course it depends a bit on the offer, that’s clear. In general, I’m of course happy when the protagonists are satisfied with the coaching team. If you can create satisfaction, that’s a good first step.” The “protagonists” refer to DFB boss Neuendorf, sports director Rudi Völler and managing director Andreas Rettig.
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Nagelsmann explained that he wanted to “first see what’s going on in order to evaluate it. If it were impossible for me to extend, I would have said so and then they wouldn’t have to present anything to me. It’s not impossible, but it’s not a given either. The focus is on the European Championships, but you still have to approach it with a certain amount of calm. You have peace when everything is clarified.”
ZDF presenter Jochen Breyer then asked him whether he would accept a contract like national handball coach Alfred Gislason. Gislason had received a new contract if his team qualified for the Olympics. Since the handball team qualified for the Olympics, the new working paper runs until 2027. Nagelsmann initially laughed, then said: “That’s a lot of details that I would have to discuss with my bosses and my advisor, what it could look like in detail and what I imagine. Those affected will find out early enough whether this is okay with me or not.” But the procedure has “nothing to do with financial things, I would like to make that clear,” he said.
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A little later, however, he classified his statements – and immediately took the pace out of the process again: “An offer is always the first step. I don’t have an offer. However, I didn’t want to put any pressure on,” explained Nagelsmann, “I told Andreas, Rudi and Bernd that my statements weren’t intended to put the DFB under any kind of pressure or pressure to act. We signed the contract fully consciously until after the European Championships.”
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He also doesn’t expect “an offer to be there by tomorrow evening at 9:30 p.m. This is guaranteed to happen from then on. The offer is also not a guarantee. You have to read through what it says, which is my current employer’s idea. There are a lot of things that come into play in this business that you have to think about and decide on. My comments were open, perhaps even more open than one or two colleagues usually make. We want to play a good European Championship, then we’ll see.”
The DFB apparently wants to clarify the future of the national coach well before the European Championships – ideally with Nagelsmann. “From our side it is absolutely desirable, it is very harmonious,” said DFB President Neuendorff: “And yes, I think nothing would stand in the way of that from our side. But yes, we have to talk to each other and I am very confident that we will quickly reach a result.”
