Joachim Löw wants to continue his coaching career after EM

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Particularly strict rules apply to the stars from England.

Timo Werner, Kai Havertz and Antonio Rüdiger from Chelsea FC, Ilkay Gündogan from Manchester City and Bernd Leno from Arsenal FC are not allowed to have any contact with other people outside of the football field and the meetings with the team in the coming days.

Because of the spread of the coronavirus variant in Great Britain, the requirements of the health department are strict, when eating with the other players of the national team, the professionals from the island sit at a separate table.

Today at noon, the German team will meet at the Lindner Congress Hotel in Düsseldorf to prepare for the next three games in the World Cup qualification: Thursday (8.45 p.m., RTL) they will receive them in Duisburg Island, Sunday they will play against Romania in Bucharest, Wednesday then in Duisburg against North Macedonia.

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Not only for the players and because of the pandemic, it is a very special international match trip.

For national coach Joachim Löw it is the last one before the EM summer, after the tournament he will step down.

And the discussion about Löw's successor will be one of the big topics around the national team this week.

Together they won the triple in 2020.

The current differences between Hansi Flick and Hasan Salihamidzic could now affect the national coach's successor.

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In an exclusive interview with WELT AM SONNTAG, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge ruled out that coach Hans-Dieter Flick would leave FC Bayern after this season.

“It has nothing to do with probability.

That's a fact, ”said the CEO of the German record champions.

“We are well advised to finish what we have contractually agreed.

I communicated this to Hansi in no uncertain terms. ”He recorded this“ professionally ”.

"I have a good and relaxed relationship with him," said Rummenigge.

Flick's contract with Munich is valid until June 30, 2023.

Hamann sees Flick as the new national coach

For many experts and fans, Flick would be the ideal successor to Löw: He knows the structures in the German Football Association (DFB) and the national team from his eight years as Löw's assistant in the selection process and his later time as DFB sports director.

Sky expert Dietmar Hamann said he expected Flick to leave Bayern in the summer and become national coach.

A successor candidate for Bayern would then be Julian Nagelsmann from RB Leipzig.

Oliver Mintzlaff, CEO of Sachsen, stressed Sunday at Sport1, however, that Nagelsmann did not have an exit clause in his contract, which is valid until 2023.

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The current national coach Löw praised Flick as the ideal successor at Bayern 1 at the weekend: “I think we all agree that the Hansi has excellent prerequisites for leading top players, whether that was with us for many years or now Bavaria.

That is a great quality.

When it comes to the direction of the game and the game culture, he is of course very good. ”Löw also said:“ He can be imagined like some of the other candidates who are also in discussion. ”When asked about Löw's words, Flick said:“ Yes, I'm very pleased . "

Flick's relationship with Bayern's sports director Hasan Salihamidzic has recently been extremely tense.

And in Rummenigge, one of Flick's important confidants in the club will leave the club at the end of the year.

During the week there was a debate between Flick and Salihamidzic.

But can this peace last long?

Bouna Sarr, Lucas Hernández and Marc Roca, signed by Salihamidzic, did not use Flick again in Munich's 4-0 (4-0) win against VfB Stuttgart.

Because Joshua Kimmich was missing a cold, the game could have been a chance for Roca in central midfield - but Flick instead pulled David Alaba forward from central defense.

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Rummenigge said of the quarrel between Flick and Salihamidzic: “I call this family affairs.

And we don't necessarily have to surpass the royal family in England in this regard. ”The club is a big family.

“And everything that happens in the family has to be left in the family.

And that's exactly how they behaved.

I think it's wonderful that the two of them agreed and ended this between themselves.

It's like FC Bayern. ”According to his own statement, Flick is now happy to be able to“ take a breath ”during the international break.

His team scored all goals against Stuttgart after Alphonso Davies' red card.

Robert Lewandowski scored three times and now has 35 goals this season.

The world footballer has eight games left to set or exceed Gerd Müller's "eternal" record of 40 goals from the 1971/1972 season.

It was Bayern's first league game without conceding a goal since the beginning of February.

After the international matches, they will play in the top game on Holy Saturday against pursuer Leipzig, who is second in the table with four points behind.

A victory in the game should decide the championship.

Flick pronounced his team "a huge compliment" after their 40th win in their 50th league game.

After the weak phase at the beginning of the year, she is getting closer and closer to her form from the triple year.

Stuttgart's misleading praises Müller

Thomas Müller drove the team on and excelled above all with Leroy Sané, Serge Gnabry and Lewandowski.

"Thomas almost made up for Bavaria's deficit with one man less," said Stuttgart's sports director Sven Mislintat.

Flick said of Müller: "Sometimes he pushed the team forward too much for me".

But that's what sets him apart.

The decision about a possible return of the world champions Müller, Mats Hummels and Jêrôme Boateng to the national team is also linked to the performance of his current squad in the coming days.

"You have to challenge our team, which is now together in March, again and suggest things to them about what we need now for the tournament," said the national coach.

"Then you have to see which position we can perhaps fill even better and what more leadership do we need." Löw wants to make his decision in May.

Apparently, he is not thinking about the end of his coaching career after the European Championships.

He doesn't see himself in the “rocking chair”, said the 61-year-old.

“Somehow everything makes me too happy for that.

I still have a lot of motivation. "Logically, after 15 years in the national coaching office, he will first take a break," because a tournament like this always goes into the new season of the clubs. "He also needs an emotional distance from time to time.

But a lot is conceivable. "

Löw has been learning Spanish for a long time.

“I'm not sticking to it that long.

I started once and every now and then I do a little self-taught.

But in order to learn the language properly, you sometimes need a teacher.

You have to stay tuned for a few weeks and months.

That is my goal after the EM. "

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The national coach job has always given him "a lot of pleasure".

But the office also means a great deal of responsibility, "especially in a country like Germany, where people always expect a lot".

After “15 years on the front line” he can now take a deep breath in the summer.

Until then, much will continue to be said about him and his successor.

Despite Rummenigge's word of power, the name Flick is likely to keep coming up.