Will Hansi Flick be Joachim Löw’s successor? Before this question could even be asked at the press conference on Friday, the Bayern coach made a statement on the subject. He could not bring himself to give a clear rejection to the DFB.
Flick first went into detail about his time at the DFB. He became co-coach under Löw in August 2006, and stepped down from that post after the 2014 World Cup victory. “I had a very, very nice time at the DFB, especially with Jogi Löw,” the 56-year-old looked back on the “fine person”. Flick generally praised the trusting cooperation with the entire DFB.
But: “Now at Bayern it’s the same. That’s why I don’t care about things,” Flick said. His contract runs until 2023, he wants to “continue to work successfully” at FCB and “concentrate one hundred percent on FC Bayern. That’s why speculation about my future is out of the question.” However, Flick confirmed that there had recently been differences between him and sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic over various issues. “In a partnership, there can always be disagreements,” said the coach. It is, however, “normal that there are differences of opinion. I don’t see anything that could disturb our cooperation.”
Flick refers to the “now “
When asked if he could imagine becoming national coach in general, Flick sidestepped the question. “I’m not interested in the past or the future, I’m interested in the now,” said Flick, referring to his past time as Bayern coach. First he was interim coach for two games, then until the summer. In the meantime, Flick has been head coach at FCB for 16 months and “now there is speculation that I will become national coach. For me, the right approach is to say: I care about my team and the game against Werder Bremen. That’s why speculation is not an issue for me. I don’t want to get involved in that.”
So, unlike Jürgen Klopp, Flick did not cancel in general, and the FCB coach did not let himself be drawn out of the loop even when asked several times. “I don’t want to comment on that,” he said once again. And who should be his successor, if it were up to him? “That’s not my job. Oliver Bierhoff has enough time to solve it. “