Julian Nagelsmann: Germany's hope for Euro 2024?
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...