Leipzig's coach Julian Nagelsmann is causing wild speculation about his person before the quarter-finals in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid. Will Nagelsmann leave the Saxons again soon?
- Julian Nagelsmann has been a trainer at RB Leipzig since last summer and has a contract until 2023 .
- In his first season, the 33-year-old led the Bulls to the quarter-finals of the Champions League .
- Nagelsmann has already made an agreement on a cooperation with a top foreign club .
Leipzig - RB coach Julian Nagelsmann led Leipzig * for the first time in the club's young history to the quarter-finals of the Champions League * before the Corona break . The Saxons confidently prevailed against last year's finalists Tottenham Hotspur (1: 0 A, 3: 0 H) in the round of 16 and will meet Atletico Madrid * at the final tournament in Portugal on Thursday (9 p.m.).
In the German-Spanish duel, Nagelsmann and Diego Simeone also meet two polarizing coaches. Both try to engage their players emotionally before kick-off and also to influence what is happening during the game. Nagelsmann sees Simeone as a role model and exuberantly praised the Argentine. “He has a great aura, a lot of charisma. He has the ability to hypnotize people, ”he enthused on Bild.de. But Nagelsmann is also convinced of himself: “I believe that my greatest virtue is to intervene in the games: to change things, to notice details and to react quickly to ensure that the game develops in the direction we want . "
Julian Nagelsmann aims high - how much longer in Leipzig?
Nagelsmann is considered to be one of the most up-and-coming coaching talents in international football. The 33-year-old became the youngest head coach in Bundesliga history at TSG Hoffenheim in 2016 at the age of just 28 * . This season he went one better and at the age of 32 became the youngest coach to reach the knockout round of the Champions League. With the move to Leipzig, Nagelsmann took the next development step last summer. But everything could have turned out very differently.
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Julian Nagelsmann reveals a secret - top club wanted to get him in 2018
Nagelsmann remained loyal to his youth club Hoffenheim for a long time and finally decided to move to Leipzig, despite many other lucrative offers . In the Spanish newspaper Marcathe young trainer chatted about his career planning: “The market works according to supply and demand. At the moment I have a contract in Leipzig. However, you don't know how the coach or the club will develop. ”Could Leipzig eventually become too small for the ambitious Nagelsmann?
The 33-year-old reveals in the Marca that Real Madrid was looking for a successor to Zinedine Zidane in 2018 and was very keen on him. But Nagelsmann politely canceled the royal . “I was one of the candidates and the list wasn't very long. In the end, I was the one who decided. I had a good conversation with Real's general manager José Ángel Sánchez and I agreed that a move to Real would not have been the right step . "
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Will Nagelsmann Zidane's successor at Real?
The Madrilenians brought their successful coach Zidane back in March 2019 and recently celebrated the Spanish championship title, but failed in the second round of the premier class to Manchester City. Real Madrid currently has no need for the coaching post, but that can change quickly in the fast-moving football business. Then things could get hot again between Real and Nagelsmann, who still has a contract in Leipzig until 2023 . " We have agreed that we can speak again in the future if Real Madrid need a coach - and I am available, " said Nagelsmann, not averse to a move to Spain.
Nagelsmann & Co. are now in the quarter-finals of the Champions League against Real's city rivals Atletico Madrid, but the game is suddenly on the brink. (ck) * tz.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network
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