Julian Nagelsmann, Hansi Flick — and making an attempt to play with no striker.
However that’s not all they’ve in widespread. Bayern Munich’s previous and present supervisor are tied by means of the German Rekordmeister’s hyperlinks to the DFB, the place Hansi Flick is now answerable for the boys’s nationwide group — which pulls, as ever, closely from the Bundesliga’s huge canines.
That requires a wholesome quantity of coordination between the 2, even when it’s not — essentially — about exchanging tactical concepts. With the 2022 World Cup upcoming, Nagelsmann was requested concerning the relationship in a pre-game presser forward of the TSG 1899 Hoffenheim match:
Nagelsmann on contact with Hansi Flick forward of the WC: “We textual content one another once in a while. We have now relationship. An excellent change is at all times necessary. I ask for his opinion and he asks for mine. Within the pursuits of the DFB and in our pursuits, we work effectively collectively.” pic.twitter.com/fYzns0qzEq— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) October 21, 2022
So whereas Nagelsmann will not be texting Niklas Süle, he would possibly nonetheless be texting about him — and others. It’s typically mentioned that it behooves the German nationwide group coach to crib some ways from Bayern, given the scale of the Bayern contingent on the group, so the discussions might effectively prolong to that space, too.
This provides a small layer of intrigue: Nagelsmann resisted the concept of enjoying a extra conventional striker up prime till accidents pressured his hand not too long ago, whereas Flick went by means of all six check runs within the UEFA Nations League with scant enjoying time for Lukas Nmecha’s, presently the closest factor within the German nationwide group setup.
Will Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting’s late rise encourage a change of coronary heart from Flick? Can Hansi impart some man-management knowledge to his youthful peer? What else would possibly they be speaking about? To be a fly on these mobile information waves!