![]() The 33-year-old has impressed so far in his young career, guiding Hoffenheim to a fourth-place Bundesliga finish in 2016/17 and a third-place finish in 2017/18 (scoring the second-most goals in the process). Who will Bayern replace Hansi Flick with? The most likely option and the club’s top target is current RB Leipzig boss, Julian Nagelsmann. Bayern’s Top Target to Replace Hansi Flick If Bayern win the league, it will be a deserved and proper sendoff for Flick. Flick’s side have scored 85 goals from 30 matches, while overcoming several injuries to key stars, including forward Robert Lewandowski. This season, despite the shocking elimination to Holstein Kiel in the DFB Pokal, along with the disappointment of crashing out on away goals to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League quarter-finals, Bayern are still on course to win the club’s ninth-straight Bundesliga. Bayern scored 100 goals in the Bundesliga and impressively dominated their opposition, particularly the 8-2 obliteration of Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals. “Jogi Low more than deserves a great end to his career as national coach.Flick’s style of play, with intense high-pressing at its core, helped fuel the German giants to great heights. “It all went surprisingly quickly for me with the signature, but I’m very happy to be able to work as the national team coach from autumn onward,” said Flick, who wished Low success at Euro 2020. Only the group winner qualifies automatically. ![]() Germany is third in Group J after a surprise 2-1 loss at home to North Macedonia. Two more follow against Romania and North Macedonia in October, before qualifying ends against Liechtenstein and Armenia in November. Low’s contract was to run through the 2022 World Cup, but instead Flick will guide the team through qualifying for what would be his first major tournament in charge.įlick’s first games will be three World Cup qualifiers in six days against Liechtenstein, Armenia and Iceland in September. Low went back on a decision to drop experienced players Thomas Muller and Mats Hummels by recalling them after announcing his intention to cut his tenure short. The team was routed by Spain 6-0 in the Nations League in November. “He has developed as a person and as a coach since his already successful time here - not only shown by his fantastic success with FC Bayern.”įlick inherits a team still trying to adjust after an unsuccessful shakeup following Germany’s disappointing World Cup in 2018. “It’s a wonderful thing that Hansi Flick is returning to the federation as national team coach,” German federation vice president Peter Peters said. ![]() He was assistant to Niko Kovac at Bayern but took over the top job, initially on an interim basis, when the Croat was fired in November 2019. He left to become the federation’s sporting director through 2017, and then took over at Hoffenheim. So we have every reason to approach the upcoming tournaments with optimism, for example the European Championship at home 2024.”įlick was Low’s assistant from 2006-14, when they helped Germany win the World Cup in Brazil. ![]() “I’m really looking forward to it because I can see the quality of the players, especially the young players in Germany. The team spirit and the attitude of the players were outstanding, and I’m taking much with me that will continue to shape my work,” said Flick, who informed the Bavarian club in April that he wished to leave. “The season has just ended and the two years at Bayern Munich still have a strong effect on me. ![]()
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