Monday, September 13, 2021
“Wanna go my own way”
Klose is eager for his first head coach job
Miroslav Klose trains the U17s of FC Bayern, he is promoted to the assistant of Hansi Flick, who wants to take him to the DFB. But the Rio world champion refuses. The 43-year-old wants to be the head coach himself. A thrombosis got in the way of the plan, but now it should finally start.
Rio world champion Miroslav Klose sees himself prepared for his first job as a coach of a professional team after a break due to a thrombosis disease. “I am ready because I feel ready. And I have come a very solid path to achieve it. I was able to experience a lot as a player, then I got to know this young generation in the two years as a U-17 coach the training to become a football teacher is top for me, “said the 43-year-old to the” kicker “.
Klose had most recently worked as Hansi Flick’s assistant at the German record champions Bayern Munich. Flick, now national coach, wanted to take Klose to the DFB, but the former striker turned down the offer in order to be able to work as head coach in the future. “It was clear to me: Now I want to go my own way, gain new experiences and give a team a DNA. I want to be on the pitch every day. I have the fire and the euphoria,” emphasized Klose.
The 43-year-old has not yet found a new employer. According to Klose, “I don’t have any guidelines for myself. It just has to fit, I have to have a good feeling, and then we can start.”
The former center forward, who still tops the DFB’s “eternal” scorer list with 71 goals in 137 international matches, has now overcome his health problems. “It’s all good again. I don’t feel anything anymore. I’ve been able to do everything for a month and a half: football, tennis, running. The doctors have given the go-ahead. Everything is great,” said Klose.
He is now dying, continues Klose, “to convey my ideas to my players on the pitch. In spite of all the professionalism, it is extremely important to me to have a lot of fun.” He will “be communicative, as it is my way. I always say: leadership is also a relationship that you have to have with the players. You have to understand them.”
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