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Julian Nagelsmann to stay on as Germany coach

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  Julian Nagelsmann has extended his contract with the German national football team ahead of Euro 2024. Nagelsmann had been heavily linked with a return to his previous job at Bayern Munich. Julian Nagelsmann will lead Germay at Euro 2024 and beyond Though he has yet to lead Germany in a competitive match, Julian Nagelsmann has won a contract extension with the German Football Association (DFB). The former Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig coach, 36, has been in charge since September 2023 and led his team to victories over France and the Netherlands in his most recent matches. As hosts of Euro 2024, Germany have only played friendlies since Nagelsmann replaced Hansi Flick. As such, his first meaningful match will be the Euro 2024 opener against Scotland in Munich on June 14. The Bavarian city is twice implicated, as Bayern Munich's reported interest in re-hiring Nagelsmann, after they sacked him in March 2023, was arguably the catalyst for his cont...

Julian Nagelsmann: Germany's hope for Euro 2024?

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  After following Hansi Flick at Bayern Munich, Julian Nagelsmann now looks set to do the same with Germany. But how did a coach who is younger than some players end up on the brink of the national team job? From star pupil on Germany's famed  Fussball-Lehrer  (Football Teacher) course less than a decade ago, to the top job in German football. Julian Nagelsmann's trajectory has been rapid — and rising. With  multiple media reports  saying the former Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig coach is set to take the top job as the choice of  DFB (German FA)  sporting director Rudi Völler, DW looks at how he reached this point. Youngest coach in the Bundesliga A series of knee injuries forced Nagelsmann to hang up his playing boots at the age of 20. At that point, he was playing in Augsburg's reserves under the tutelage of Thomas Tuchel, the former Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain coach who would go on to succeed Nagelsmann at Bayern. Tuchel spotted...