Wanted by national football coach: Joachim Lowe – Lothar Mathias ready after game

Nearly ten years after his last training job, just days before his 60th birthday, Lothar Mathias is still under discussion as a national training candidate. The recorded national player said several times over the weekend TV broadcast Sky, for which he works as a football expert, his career plan is different. But: “Someone I want to help. If I have a feeling that those responsible for this are united, I will worry. “

The German Football Association is now “finding itself first. TFP is about what we want and who we trust. We need to know, ”said Matthias. As for the 1990 World Champion, Hansie Flick is “the best candidate for the national team”. The current Bayern coach and longtime low assistant has not openly commented on speculation that he will return to the DFB last week.

Lowe announced on Tuesday that – surprisingly at the time – he would step down after the European Championships in the summer. Lowe’s contract will not expire after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

So far, Matthias has not even made it to the Bundesliga coach – despite repeated words of praise from the football scene. He gained experience as a national coach in Hungary and Bulgaria, his last position as a football teacher in 2011. For longtime Bayern man Uli Hoinek, someone who knew as much about football as Matthias would “definitely be drawn to the raffle”.

If people at DFP think he’s the right person, fans like him, you have to think about it and talk about it, “Matthias said. “It’s a duty on my part for football.”

Matthew says he doesn’t need a job

The 150-time national player and former selector said he will turn 60 next Sunday, whose main residence is in Budapest, and he does not need a job. DFP director Oliver Pierhoff has not called him (yet).

“It’s not about the money,” Matthias said of Flick, who once played with Bayer as a professional. “He’s a compliant man.” With candidate Ralph Rangnick, Matthias is not sure if he’s going to accept Lowe’s job one by one: “Only as a coach – I do not know if that is the best solution.”

Contrary to Liverpool’s head coach Jன்rgen Klopp (“No, I have a contract, even if Liverpool throw me out of here: when my time is up, I ‘ll take a year off”) and Leipzig’s young coach Julian Knollsmann (“I definitely want to be the club’s coach for the next several years ”) Former Bundesliga coach Rangnik (most recently Leipzig) has openly expressed interest in Lowe’s successor.

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The 62-year-old also told Sky last week that it was “a job that will not leave anyone indifferent in Germany”. “I can basically imagine anything. For me, this is primarily a matter of time. At this point I’m free.” However, Rangnik is also being traded as a future sports director at FC Schalke 04.

Pearhoff, the director of the national team at the DFP, has been appointed by the board to look for someone after Lowe. Pierrehoff insisted the association had “no time constraints.” “This is not an emergency decision.” It can’t be after the European Championship. Pierrehoff said he would “not comment on any of the candidates.” (dpa)