If sky does not fall on all espresso machines in world, Joachim Löw will also be coach of German national team in November. With almost same probability he will also work with trainer team he is working with today, and he will invite those players who are already part of inner or expanded circle of team. But despite se expected continuity, re will be a change around national after last qualification block against Norrn Ireland and Azerbaijan.

The national team has led a relatively independent existence in recent years. But when it comes to mighty of German football Confederation (DFB), it is expected to move closer to rest of association in future. And it may well be that this leads to some debate.

These days, DFB leaders are advancing a major reform of centre of Union; It mainly goes back to new secretary General Friedrich Curtius. He has been in association for a long time and worked for many years as office manager of ex-president Wolfgang Niersbach, who lost his office in course of summer fairytale affair. But under new President Reinhard Grindel, Curtius in March 2016 neverless rose to general secretary and thus most powerful official of association. One of his tasks: reshaping of DFB.

Of leadership weakness is speech

In recent months, re have been some alarming findings. In interviews with more than 300 employees, re was talk of leadership weakness and lack of strategies. The business consulting service McKinsey attested that decision-making pathways are too complicated. There was astonishment at how strongly employee numbers fluctuate between departments. Even from a financial point of view, times are difficult, among or things due to uncertainties about consequences of World Cup affair. Therefore, association is to be re-arranged, which is likely to cause much Gegrummel and restlessness. And in this context it is also about national team.

That he was against an "independence" of A-elf, already at beginning of year in a time interview, Curtius Unaccustomedly stated: "The great splendour of DFB-elf alone is seductive," he said n, "I have to argue and say no!"

In fact, since subversive days of Jürgen Klinsmann, a few new structures and functions had been established. Like a separate planet, A-team came increasingly. For example, since 2004, re has been a team manager for selection, a post that has consistently filled Oliver Bierhoff. On or hand, DFB also created a sports director's post, occupation of which since 2006 changed more often: from Matthias Sammer to Robin Dutt and to hansi flick and after his retreat at beginning of year, interimly to Horst Hrubesch.

These sports directors got worse and better at times with management of national and top of association, but re was always a discussion: about concrete job and associated competencies.

Date Of Update: 06 October 2017, 12:07