Wednesday March 31, 2021
Report on coaching candidates
Löw is at the top of Real’s wish list
A Spanish newspaper reports, citing the club’s sources, about Real Madrid’s wish list when looking for a new coach. National coach Joachim Löw should be at the top of the list. It is not yet clear what will happen to Zinédine Zidane.
According to a report in the newspaper “AS”, the national soccer coach Joachim Loew, who is leaving in the summer, is in the eyes of the Spanish champions Real Madrid. Löw is at the top of club president Florentino Pérez’s wish list, reported the usually well-informed Spanish newspaper, citing sources from the club of international Toni Kroos. According to the newspaper, it cannot be ruled out that the current Real coach Zinédine Zidane will not extend his contract, which will run until June 2022, or even go ahead of schedule in the summer of 2021.
Löw had made it clear before the start of the World Cup qualification last week that he would not deal with his future until after the European Championship finals. “I don’t know what’s going on with my advisor,” said the national coach, “and I don’t want to be confronted with anything until the European Championship.” After the tournament you would see, “then maybe some things interest me.” Löw is not yet thinking of retiring, but he had announced that he would initially take a break after 15 years as national coach.
According to “AS”, there is currently only Raúl as a competitor at Real. The former Schalke striker is currently training the second professional team of the “Royal” Real Madrid Castilla, which is playing for promotion in the third division. This is not the only reason why the 43-year-old is a “man of the house”: wearing the Madrid jersey, he played 731 competitive games in which he scored 323 goals. This puts him in second place in the club’s all-time top scorer list behind the Portuguese Ronaldo (451 goals in 438 games).
According to information from “Bild”, Fenerbahce Istanbul also wants to bring back the national coach, he is successfully training one on the Bosporus. Löw had made it clear that his end at the DFB should not be equated with the end of his career. “My coaching career will not be over after that. Because I love the daily work on the pitch and individual training with the players,” the 61-year-old announced.
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