A “dream candidate” with “energy” and “personality”: DFB sports director Rudi Völler has praised the new national soccer coach Julian Nagelsmann in the highest tones.
“He is not only an absolute football expert, but has already proven in all his positions – at a very young age for a head coach – that he can motivate and inspire a team and the entire environment,” said Völler in the official press release German Football Association (DFB) on Friday.
Nagelsmann was “our preferred candidate as national coach” after Hansi Flick was released, said Völler, who took over the national team for one game (2-1 against France) after Flick’s departure. “His fire for football is noticeable and contagious – just like his two assistant coaches Benjamin Glück and Sandro Wagner, whose great energy I was recently able to experience myself.”
Völler is convinced: “Julian Nagelsmann, with his qualities and personality, will make a decisive contribution to ensuring that we can all experience a great European Championship in our own country in the summer.”
DFB President Bernd Neuendorf agreed: “Julian Nagelsmann is an outstanding coach who approaches his new task with the highest level of motivation.” He is convinced that Nagelsmann “will ensure that the national team inspires its fans and that the EURO is also a sporting success.”