Acted as a Bierhoff successor
Per Mertesacker has commented on speculation about an engagement with the German Football Association (DFB). “As far as Oliver Bierhoff is concerned, things went relatively quickly. But now the waves are smoothed over. Now you can look to the future and try to find the right staff,” said the former international and current “ZDF” expert on Saturday about the resignation of the DFB director announced at the beginning of the week.
When asked if the DFB had already knocked on his door, the 38-year-old replied: “No one has spoken to me after Bierhoff’s exit. You also have to know that I am very, very happy in London – family and professionally.” However, Mertesacker, current head of the Arsenal Academy, did not want to categorically rule out a job with the association: “You basically have to ask yourself the question at the DFB , how to proceed, which people to contact now. That’s why I’m just waiting. I hate to speculate.”
The DFB is looking for a successor after Bierhoff’s resignation, and a double solution is also under discussion. Fredi Bobic, managing director of Bundesliga club Hertha BSC, is hotly traded. However, the former national striker said in a media round on Wednesday: “I have a job, I feel very comfortable at Hertha.” Matthias Sammer, already sporting director of the DFB from 2006 to 2012, is reportedly ready to return in an advisory role.
World champion 2014: The German squad according to market values at the time
23 Miroslav Klose | Club at the time & market value: Lazio – €1m
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Today: end of career
22 Roman Weidenfeller | Club at the time & market value: BVB – €5m
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Today: end of career
21 Eric Durm | Club at the time & market value: BVB – €6m
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Today: 1. FC K’lautern
20 Shkodran Mustafi | Club at the time & market value: Sampdoria – €7m
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Today: UD Levante
19 Christoph Kramer | Club at the time & market value: M’gladbach – €8m
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Today: M’gladbach
18 Ron Robert Zieler | Former club & market value: Hannover 96 – €9.5m
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Today: Hanover 96
17 Kevin Grosskreutz | Club at the time & market value: BVB – €10m
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Today: Boevinghausen
16 Matthias Ginter | Club at the time & market value: SC Freiburg – €12m
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Today: Fribourg
15 Benedikt Höwedes | Former club & market value: Schalke – €16m
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Today: end of career
14 Per Mertesacker | Club at the time & market value: Arsenal FC – €18m
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Today: end of career
13 André Schurrle | Club at the time & market value: Chelsea FC – €20m
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Today: end of career
12 Sami Khedira | Club at the time & market value: Real Madrid – €22m
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Today: end of career
11 Lukas Podolski | Club at the time & market value: Arsenal FC – €23m
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Today: Gornik Zabrze
10 Jerome Boateng | Former club & market value: FC Bayern – €28m
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Today: Lyons
8 Philip Lahm | Club at the time & market value: Bayern Munich – €30m
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Today: end of career
8 Julian Draxler | Former club & market value: Schalke – €30m
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Today: Benfica
6 Mats Hummels | Former club & market value: BVB – €35m
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Today: BVB
6 Bastian Schweinsteiger | Former club & market value: FC Bayern – €35m
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Today: end of career
5 Manuel Neuer | Club at the time & market value: Bayern Munich – €40m
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Today: FC Bayern
4 Toni Kroos | Club at the time & market value: Bayern Munich – €42m
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Today: Real Madrid
3 Mario Götze | Former club & market value: Bayern Munich – €48m
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Today: Eintracht Frankfurt
1 Thomas Mueller | Club at the time & market value: FC Bayern – €50m
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Today: FC Bayern
1 Mesut Özil | Club at the time & market value: Arsenal FC – €50m
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Today: Basaksehir
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