Felix Magath has not yet been contacted by the German Football Association regarding the national coach issue. “I’m on vacation at the moment and my phone is on standstill.
I lie in the sun a lot and rest in order to be fit for any tasks that may come in the future,” said the 70-year-old former master trainer on the TV channel “Sky”.
However, if the German Football Association asked him and wanted to make him national coach, Magath would not automatically agree. “It’s the case that you first have to talk about a job, regardless of whether it’s national coach, doctor or something else – what are the ideas of one side, what are the ideas of the other side.”
Hamann had brought Magath into conversation
However, Magath once again confirmed that he was confident of taking on the national coaching job. “If someone ever comes up with the idea and asks me, then I would start to think about whether I should take on this task.”
Former national player Dietmar Hamann had brought Magath into discussion as a possible new national coach. “We need a man like that. And I could imagine that Felix would do that immediately,” the “Sky” expert told the German Press Agency.
As a coach, Magath won the championship twice with FC Bayern and once with VfL Wolfsburg. Most recently, he took over the then Bundesliga club Hertha BSC in mid-March 2022. He was able to save the Berliners from relegation in the relegation, and then he left the club.