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Before every game in the Bundesliga, Hans-Dieter "Hansi" Flick holds a press conference.

Daily business in the football business.

The one on Friday afternoon was eagerly awaited.

Not because of the game at Werder Bremen on Saturday (3:30 p.m., Sky).

But because of Joachim Löw's personnel and the association's search for a successor for the period from summer onwards.

The German Football Association (DFB) announced on Tuesday that Löw would stop as national coach after the EM planned for June and July.

In Jürgen Klopp, a top candidate who has a valid contract with a club had canceled for the office.

Klopp referred directly on Tuesday to his contract with Liverpool FC, which is valid until 2024, and clearly said "No" to the question of whether he could be the new national coach from the second half of the year.

And flick?

He is also considered a top candidate and was assistant coach of the national team under Löw for eight years.

The 56-year-old started the press conference on his own initiative with the topic of the national team - and in the course of the event turned to a rejection regarding the question of whether he will be the national coach in the summer.

Despite several inquiries, there was no explicit "no" from him.

An example:

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Question: “Jürgen Klopp has clearly positioned himself and said: No.

Is there this clear statement from you too, saying: No, I will not be a national coach? "

Flick: “I mean, if you mean the speculation that is going on everywhere - I don't want to comment on it.

On the one hand, of course, I don't need a break because if I quit or whatever, I'll only be in the office for a short time.

Jürgen has been doing this for a very long time.

And we all know that the Premier League is even more intense than what we currently have.

I've said everything about it and I don't really have to go that far into the future. "

Flick preferred to talk about the past and the present.

“I had a very nice and successful time at the DFB, especially with Jogi Löw at the top,” he said: “It was a very trusting collaboration.

It's the same with Bayern now.

I don't care about the things that are on the outside.

My contract is valid until 2023. I want to work very successfully and win many more titles with Bayern. ”He has a team“ that is absolutely top.

It is currently the case that things are a lot of fun for me. ”Speculation would be forbidden.

To choose a successor to Löw is the task of DFB director Oliver Bierhoff.

“He has enough time to solve that,” says Flick.

Löw informed Flick in advance on Monday

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Löw had said about Flick on Thursday: “We have worked together for many years, everyone knows the quality of Hansi.

But it's not my job to talk about successors. ”Löw called Flick on Monday and was one of the few to inform him in advance of the announcement of his decision.

There are many indications that Flick will be the national coach.

He has already achieved everything with Bayern - although he only became Munich's head coach around a year and a half ago.

He won six titles within a year, a historic success.

Hansi Flick (left) was assistant to national coach Joachim Löw for eight years.

Now he could become a national coach himself

Source: pa / dpa / Marcus Brandt

The trainer always offends with sports director Hasan Salihamidzic.

In particular, when it comes to squad planning and player purchases, the two are far from always in agreement.

Bouna Sarr and Marc Roca, signed by Salihamidzic, hardly use Flick.

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When asked by a reporter, Flick was surprisingly open on Friday: “In a marriage or partnership, there are always disagreements.

We are both employed by Bavaria.

Ultimately, it is important that Bayern Munich is successful.

We both get involved, it's a completely normal collaboration, in which there is certainly not always agreement. ”At the end Flick said:“ But I don't see anything that could disturb us in the collaboration ”.

Salihamidzic had recently described the relationship with Flick at Sky as "normal", which doesn't sound exactly euphoric from either side.

It lets you see deeply.

Should Flick leave Bayern at the end of the season, Julian Nagelsmann should be the preferred candidate for Flick's successor.

The 33-year-old trainer from RB Leipzig is highly valued at FC Bayern, and the then President Uli Hoeneß would have liked to hire him as a junior coach years ago.

Nagelsmann was later also traded as the head coach of the German record champions, but he is said to have been too young for the CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge at the time.

In the meantime - so it is said from Spain - FC Barcelona should also be interested in Nagelsmann.

Nagelsmann's contract with RB is valid until June 2023.