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Germany's U21 coach Stefan Kuntz has once again complained about the level of youth training in German football.

If you compare in Europe's top leagues how many professionals are eligible to play for the U21s, “we are completely behind”, said the 58-year-old in the podcast “kicker meets DAZN” and added: “We are so beaten! "

There is also the following indication of the unsettling situation: “When I went to the U21 European Championship in 2017, I had to coordinate with Jogi Löw, and in the end ten or twelve players who could have played U21s went to the Confed Cup or were injured, ”reported Kuntz.

That was only the case with two players at the U21 European Championship 2019: Lukas Klostermann and Jonathan Tah.

“And now it is currently no longer the case.

For this reason, Jogi and I no longer talk because the mass of top talent is not there, "emphasized Kuntz, who already said in an interview with WELT AM SONNTAG:" In relation to an exchange with the national coach about who is in the A-team and who is playing in the U21, there is currently no basis for discussion at all.

These are facts that you cannot avoid in a hurry. "

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There is currently hardly any exchange with Löw (60), who is heavily criticized after the 0: 6 in Spain.

Löw is to prepare an analysis by December 4th of why things are not going well in the national team and to show ways how things can get better.

At least in terms of personnel, he doesn't have many options.

Hardly any regular players from the Bundesliga

At least Loew cannot help Kuntz at the moment.

About a possible conversation he says: “So suppose it were like this: What should I say?

'I've had that before, back then I reacted like that'? ”You get on very well,“ but I think that Jogi already has a few people around him with whom he is seriously in touch and who he is stand closer than me, for example. "

Nothing to talk about at the moment: national coach Joachim Löw (r.) And U21 coach Stefan Kuntz

Source: pa / augenklick / firo Sportphoto / Marcel Engelbrecht

Nevertheless, the Kuntz team is currently successful.

They qualified with a 2-1 (2-1) against Wales just as group winners for the European Championship next year in Slovenia and Hungary.

In fact, there are hardly any Bundesliga regulars in the current squad.

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Lukas Nmecha and Jonathan Burkardt (26th) scored the goals against Wales.

Nmecha could not prevail at VfL Wolfsburg and is now playing for Anderlecht in the Belgian league.

The Mainz Burkardt is next to the 17-year-old young Leverkusen star Florian Wirtz one of the few who regularly appear in the Bundesliga.

The current U21 squad can be found here.

Clubs like BVB rely on foreign talent

Löw may be criticized for the performance of his team, but the fact that it looks rather poor in the younger age groups is mainly the fault of the clubs and their training.

This, according to the criticism, always produces the same streamlined player types without outstanding individual athletic and personal characteristics.

Bundesliga clubs such as Borussia Dortmund are also increasingly relying on talent from abroad (Haaland, Sancho, Bellingham), and the junior coaches are also becoming a problem.

They would increasingly no longer devote themselves to the careers of their protégés, but rather advance their own in order to get a high-paying job in professional football.