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Only the closest circle was inaugurated.

In the largest sports association in the world, President Fritz Keller and Director Oliver Bierhoff knew about the plans of the most important employee, including Harun Arslan, Joachim Löw's advisor.

It was not until Tuesday morning that other protagonists of the German Football Association (DFB) were informed before it was their turn to lead players like Manuel Neuer and Toni Kroos.

At 11 a.m., the association announced the message that set the sporting world in turmoil even beyond Germany's borders: Löw, who has been a national coach for 15 years, is going to call it a day.

The resignation 18 months before his contract expired came as a surprise.

Because recently Löw had missed some opportunities for a worthy exit.

After the debacle at the 2018 World Cup, when he failed as defending champion in the preliminary round with Germany's national team, a resignation would have been conceivable and, in the eyes of many fans and experts, was due.

Recently, calls for a replacement were loud when the trainer had apparently passed the 0: 6 in the Nations League against Spain on November 17th without complaining and motionless.

After the 0: 6 in Spain, DFB President Fritz Keller Löw suggested resigning several times

Source: pa / GES / Angel Mar / Angel Martinez

So now Löw is drawing a line of his own accord and will be directing the European championship, which has been postponed to this summer due to the corona pandemic, for the last time.

The questions that will accompany him over the next few weeks: Has the national coach made himself the "Lame Duck", the lame harvest, by the withdrawal announced three months before the start of the continental showdown?

Or can the clarification of your own personnel even release immense strengths within the team, true to the motto: Give everything together one last time and show a strong performance at the EM?

So he hopes it is heard.

"Full of pride and with enormous gratitude"

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The 61-year-old coach officially said little about the exact reasons for his decision.

"I take this step very consciously, full of pride and enormous gratitude, but at the same time still with great motivation as far as the upcoming EM tournament is concerned," he said in a corresponding DFB press release.

“Proud, because it is something very special and an honor for me to be involved in my country.

And because I've been able to work with the best footballers in the country for almost 17 years and support them in their development.

I associate them with great triumphs and painful defeats, but above all many wonderful and magical moments - not just winning the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

I am and will remain grateful to the DFB, which has always prepared an optimal working environment for me and the team. "

National coach Joachim Löw resigns

A bang at the German Football Association: Joachim Löw will end his job as national coach after the European Championship in summer 2021.

Lars Wallrodt, head of the sports department, speaks about the resignation and the consequences for the national team.

Source: WELT / Lars Wallrodt

Löw joined the DFB in 2004 as Jürgen Klinsmann's assistant.

After the summer fairy tale at the home World Cup, he moved up to the front row on August 1, 2006.

Under him, the DFB celebrated many successes with a national team that was now offensive and enthusiastic about playing.

In his first major tournament as national coach, the head coach led the team to second place.

This was followed by third place at the 2010 World Cup with great victories over England and Argentina in the last sixteen and quarter-finals, fourth place at the EM 2012 and the big hit at the World Cup in Brazil: the fourth title for Germany, which won 7: 1- Semi-final victory over the hosts and a 1-0 after extra time over Argentina in the final went down in history.

The greatest triumph: Löw raises the World Cup trophy into the evening sky of Rio

Source: dpa / Marcus Brandt

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Afterwards, however, the star quickly burned out.

At the EM 2016, the semi-finals jumped out again, but Löw and his family had lost the ease of Brazil.

Then the World Cup debacle continued in Russia with the embarrassing preliminary round bankruptcies against Mexico and South Korea.

The debacle at the 2018 World Cup in Russia: Löw leaves the pitch after the 2-0 draw against South Korea

Source: pa / GES / Thomas Ei / Thomas Eisenhuth

So it takes a lot of imagination to believe in a turnaround again.

Löw at least does this: “For the upcoming European Championship, I still feel the unconditional will as well as great energy and ambition.

I will do my best to give our fans great pleasure and to be successful at this tournament.

I also know that this applies to the entire team. "

It is still uncertain whether this team will also include Jérôme Boateng, Thomas Müller (both FC Bayern) and Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), who were eliminated two years ago.

After creating facts, Löw could convince the trio of a comeback.

At least Müller would be ready to return immediately and would certainly be an important factor again as a leader on and off the field.

“I definitely want to hunt for titles in the summer.

We'll see what happens in the end.

We'll see whether the Champions League final, which is clearly our goal, ends on schedule for me or not, ”the 2014 world champion said on Saturday evening.

The search for a successor has begun

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There is still enough time to import.

The German selection will meet in two weeks to play their World Cup qualifiers against Iceland, Romania and North Macedonia.

After the end of the season in the Bundesliga, Löw's men will go to training camp before the European Championship kicks off on June 15 with the encounter against France.

While Löw would like to succeed again, the search for a successor began on Tuesday at the DFB.

"That he informed us about his decision at an early stage is very decent," said Boss Keller.

“As a DFB, he gives us the necessary time to name his successor calmly and with a sense of proportion.

The DFB knows what he has in Jogi, he is one of the greatest coaches in world football. "

Klopp cancels DFB - "I'm not available"

Jürgen Klopp makes it clear that he will not be available as the successor to the outgoing national coach Joachim Löw in the summer.

Here the coach of Liverpool FC explains why he has no interest in the office of national coach.

Source: Stats Perform News

The coach had “shaped German football like no other over the years and helped it to achieve the highest international reputation.

Not only because of his sporting achievements, but also because of his empathy and humanity. "

On the day of the personal Donnerhall, other spokesmen for German football joined in the adulation.

“Joachim Löw shaped an enormously successful era in German football, with winning the 2014 World Cup in Brazil as the highlight.

The DFB is very grateful to him, ”said Bayern Munich's CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

“During his time as national coach, Löw did great things for German football.

Löw's decision deserves a lot of respect because it is a decision of one's own strength, ”explained Borussia Dortmund's managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke.

“This is sad news, but he's still in office.

He has a great impact on German football, has shaped an era with titles and a development, ”said Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann.

"That is of course sad news"

Joachim Löw will end his job as national coach after the EM next summer.

Julian Nagelsmann comments on this decision before the CL game against Liverpool FC.

Source: Stats Perform News

And Oliver Bierhoff, DFB Director National Teams, explained: “Joachim Löw and I have worked closely together for almost 17 years.

We were able to experience so much together and also get through together.

It is a special relationship that is characterized above all by absolute trust.

Under Jogi, the national team once again stood for the joy of playing and attractive offensive football, this team and its players have developed incredibly with him.

I regret that after the EURO we will part ways professionally. "

From now on, Löw is avoiding intrigue

The warm words will have reached Löw and possibly also strengthened his decision.

With the announced resignation, he still has the reins of action in hand and is no longer dependent on any whims in the hopelessly divided association.

The fact that DFB President Keller is said to have brought Löw's retreat after the European Championship into play after the bankruptcy in Spain is unlikely to have met with much approval from the addressees.

The eternal national coach now avoids such intrigues - and at least his head held high.

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In fact, right after the defeat, Löw had no thoughts of resigning, they had only matured in the past few weeks.

With his decision, he is now going on the offensive early and independently.

With the hope that the now clearly defined future will once again release strength - especially in his team.

"It would be good if the national team opens up again"

Joachim Löw will end his job as national coach after the European Championship in summer 2021. Lars Wallrodt, head of sports editorial, talks about the resignation, the consequences for the national team and possible successors.

Source: WELT / Lars Wallrodt

The EM, which was affected by the corona effects, will now be Löw's seventh and last major tournament as national coach.

He overtook Helmut Schön and set another record in his unparalleled DFB career.

He has the most games (189) and the most wins (120).

No other national coach of the 211 nations registered in the world association Fifa has been in office longer than him.

It's a record man's retreat.

Whether Löw will now be able to write one last successful chapter, perhaps even a completely new summer fairy tale, is questionable.