Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick has revealed his willingness to cooperate again with former international striker Miroslav Klose.
Flick worked as assistant coach for the German national team as Klose led the attack line during the 2014 World Cup Brazil championship.
Flick, 55, took over as coach of Bayern Munich with a contract that runs until 2023, and it now appears that the decision will be in Claus ’hand to determine whether he wants to move from his work as a coach for the under-17 youth team at the Bavarian club, to work under Flick’s leadership with the first team.
"I have known Miro for a long time and I realize that he is a loyal and attractive person with a high level of social skills, I think it will be an addition to the technical staff," Flick said.
He added, "He has to decide this for himself. It is not only my personal affairs, but also him."
Unlike Klose, 41, Flick has expressed his desire to speak to "another candidate."
Klose has been the World Cup's top scorer as a coach in the youth sector in Bayern for nearly two years, and his contract expires next summer.
Thomas Muller, former Klose fellow, said that although he was unable to rate Klose's work on the youth team, he realized that he was "very persistent" as a person and player.
Muller and Klose played side by side in the German national team between 2010 and 2014, and between 2008 and 2011 at Bayern.
"He's very smart, one of his strengths is reading matches, he has a great intelligence in launches and moves," Mueller said.
"Of course this is a catalyst for training if you have the ability to read matches."
Klose continues to leverage his talent by participating in the German Football Association's training permit program, which will begin in June if the emerging crisis of the Corona virus wears off.
"Anyone who knows me knows that I always want to achieve the best possible education in my life," Klose said.
After retiring from international football, Klose temporarily joined the German national team, led by coach Joachim Loew.
Klose gained important experiences, noting that he had acquired "tactical prowess" and learned from Loew's handling of the players and his method of imposing a state of solidarity within the team.
For his part, the director of the German football team, Oliver Bierhoff, said that you can see in Klose "the desire, passion and experience to work in the field of training."
He stressed that it was wonderful that Klose dealt with the utmost precision in his endeavors to work in the field of training.
Klose believes that his formal work in the field of training will facilitate his mission to obtain a position in professional football, and therefore the position offered to him at Bayern may be the appropriate step for the time being.