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GERMANY SACK LOEW; TROPHY DROUGHT SEEMS TO BE REASON
World cup third place winners Germany have today announced that manager Joachim Loew will be sacked with immediate effect from his post as German national team manager. Loew has led the German side to the finals of the European Championships in 2008 held at Austria and Switzerland and also led them to a third place in the recently concluded FIFA World Cup in South Africa. His failure to win any trophy, despite possessing a strong squad with the likes of Mesut Ozil, Mario Gomez and Michael Ballack is said to be the reason.
Loew is an experienced manager and before Germany had managed seven clubs including VfB Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Adanaspor, Fenerbahce, FC Wacker Innsbruck and FK Austria Wien. The German FA held a press conference to announce this development late yesterday evening at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
Replacements for Loew have not been announced yet though it is speculated that former Germany manager Jurgen Klinnsmann, who led the team to a third place finish in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, might again return. Armin Veh, current Hamburg SV manager and Louis Van Gaal, the current Bayern Munich manager are also thought to be in the mix.
WHO WILL BE GERMANY'S NEXT MANAGER?
Skybet takes a look at the odds of the leading candidates for the post of Germany's national team manager.
Jurgen Klinnsmann 4-1
Martin Jol 6-1
Frank Rijkaard 6-1
Armin Veh 7-1
Louis Van Gaal 10-1
Miroslav Klose 400-1
Other managers on Loew's sacking:
[QUOTE="Pep Guardiola] I would not like to say anything about this. Barcelona and only Barcelona is my business. Not Germany. I might however, take that job should it be given.[/QUOTE]
GERMANY SACK LOEW; TROPHY DROUGHT SEEMS TO BE REASON
World cup third place winners Germany have today announced that manager Joachim Loew will be sacked with immediate effect from his post as German national team manager. Loew has led the German side to the finals of the European Championships in 2008 held at Austria and Switzerland and also led them to a third place in the recently concluded FIFA World Cup in South Africa. His failure to win any trophy, despite possessing a strong squad with the likes of Mesut Ozil, Mario Gomez and Michael Ballack is said to be the reason.
Loew is an experienced manager and before Germany had managed seven clubs including VfB Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Adanaspor, Fenerbahce, FC Wacker Innsbruck and FK Austria Wien. The German FA held a press conference to announce this development late yesterday evening at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
Replacements for Loew have not been announced yet though it is speculated that former Germany manager Jurgen Klinnsmann, who led the team to a third place finish in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, might again return. Armin Veh, current Hamburg SV manager and Louis Van Gaal, the current Bayern Munich manager are also thought to be in the mix.
WHO WILL BE GERMANY'S NEXT MANAGER?
Skybet takes a look at the odds of the leading candidates for the post of Germany's national team manager.
Jurgen Klinnsmann 4-1
Martin Jol 6-1
Frank Rijkaard 6-1
Armin Veh 7-1
Louis Van Gaal 10-1
Miroslav Klose 400-1
Other managers on Loew's sacking:
Rafael Benitez said:I think this is a bad move. Joachim has been doing very well and he needs to have stayed there.
Arsene Wenger said:It was needed. Germany needed a change because they are a team capable of winning trophies and that has not been brought out to the fore yet. A new manager is what they need now.
[QUOTE="Pep Guardiola] I would not like to say anything about this. Barcelona and only Barcelona is my business. Not Germany. I might however, take that job should it be given.[/QUOTE]