Nanu? What does Bayern assistant coach Miroslav Klose suddenly do in AC Milan training?

After the end of his career, Miroslav Klose began to gain experience as a coach.

Hansi Flick's assistant coach is now breaking new ground.

• Miroslav Klose is one of the most legendary figures in German football.

• The former striker is aiming for a career as a coach and assists Hansi Flick * at FC Bayern.

• Now he is returning to Italy as part of his training and meets his ex-coach.

Munich - Johan Cruyff, Zinédine Zidane, Carlo Ancelotti - many legendary football players celebrated great successes as coaches after their careers.

Miroslav Klose is one of those players who has legendary status with the fans.

The former striker could also soon start a career as head coach.

Before that, however, the assistant coach of FC Bayern Munich * will return to the Italian Serie A.

FC Bayern: Klose returns to Italy - he meets his ex-coach

Klose had an eventful career, he found his way into the Bundesliga * through amateur football in his early twenties.

He came to Werder Bremen * via Kaiserslautern, and then moved to FC Bayern.

In his career he played 307 times in the German House of Lords and scored 121 goals.

He also played for the national team for years and in 2014 became the record scorer of previous world championships in Brazil.

Klose ended his career in Italy at the age of 38 and played in Serie A with Lazio for a total of five years.

Now he is returning to Italy, but this time he is heading north.

The 42-year-old will be doing an internship with Serie A leaders AC Milan as part of his coaching training.

He will meet his former Lazio coach Stefano Pioli, who is currently training Milan.

As the Italian sports magazine

Gazzetta dello Sport

wrote, the world champion should have sat in at Milan last year, but his stay in Milan was postponed due to the corona pandemic.

FC Bayern: budding football teacher Klose could soon "train in the top leagues"

"I will soon get the license to train in the top leagues," announced Klose.

“I'm about to finish a five-year training phase during which I was lucky enough to gain experience with Joachim Löw in the national team and with the FC Bayern youth team.

I want to take one step at a time, as I did as a player, ”said the 137-time national player.

After retiring in 2016, Klose joined Joachim Löw's * coaching team as an assistant, after which he was responsible for Bayern's U17 Bundesliga team.

The native of Opole has been taking part in the DFB * football teacher training course since summer 2020.

“I'm open to the future.

It is important to gain experience and to take over the leadership of a team ”, says Klose in the usual modest way

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