Given the advantages of being a national coach with breaks between international matches and tournaments for companions, it seems difficult to imagine that Löw could do the stressful day-to-day business of football again. But retirement at 62? “There is nothing concrete yet,” said Löw about his plans. “There are a few inquiries, one or the other offer, which I’ll deal with in the next few weeks. No decision has been made yet.”
More of a club coach than a selection coach
The 2014 world champion is not thinking of a new job as a selection coach. “Once you’ve been the coach of Germany, it’s obviously difficult to find something else that’s adequate as a national coach.” He would “love to train a club again. That would be fun for me,” he said. He also worked in Turkey and Austria before his DFB position.
Loew will certainly not end up at Borussia Dortmund. Not even at Schalke. In Hoffenheim you could imagine the Black Forest a little earlier. Or abroad. A Turkey comeback at Fenerbahce Istanbul, where he moved in 1998 after his time in Stuttgart, was always discussed.
Löw was also traded again and again at top European clubs like Real Madrid during the DFB times. He learned Spanish for a while. Paris Saint-Germain could be the last kick for a world champion coach to round off a life’s work, maybe to crown it again. Löw is available – an advantage. The language barrier would be a hindrance for a communicator like Löw, the stress factor extreme.
Ex-national player and ARD expert Bastian Schweinsteiger, who became world champion with Löw in Brazil in 2014, commented: “I don’t know if he’s interested in the Bundesliga, but he could certainly help one or the other club from the Bundesliga.”
Löw’s longtime companion Andreas Köpke spoke of a Löw comeback on the occasion of his 60th birthday in March. After retiring as national coach, he “needed some distance first,” said the former national goalkeeping coach to the German Press Agency.
They worked together at the DFB for 17 years, they stopped together. And they keep in regular contact. “I don’t think that the yogi will stop completely and not want to do anything anymore. I can’t imagine that,” said Köpke two months ago. He also spoke of a new Löw/Köpke team: “Basically, I could imagine doing something with Jogi.”