Kuntz change to Turkey: DFB wants U-21

At this Sunday, Kuntz traveled to the final talks around the targeted three-year contract as a new Turkish national coach to Istanbul. On Sunday afternoon, the Turkish Football Association confirmed an agreement to have achieved \ - The signature is still missing under the contract, which should take place on Monday at 3 pm as part of a ceremony.

For the association around Hamit Altintop, the boss personnel has a priority, only after that it should go to the occupation of Kuntz future coaching team - although of course it is already plan games. An obvious thought: The 58-year-old takes his previous success team with the U 21 with, or at least parts thereof.

We do everything for this, the rest of the trainer team of U 21, which has done outstanding work in recent years, to keep the DFB.

Joti Chatziallexiou, sporty director national teams

Only on Friday evening this combo came together again. Kuntz along with his assistants Antonio di Salvo and Daniel Niedzkowski as well as Torwarttrainer Klaus Thomforde on behalf of the entire, current U-21 European Championship in Leipzig counteract the Golden Henne . Germany s largest audience price in the category Sport is of course an award for this remarkably successful trainer team.

In 2017 and 2021, the quartet, which is completed in the narrowest circle by video analyst Jannis disk, led the German U-21 selection to the European Championship title, in 2019 in the European Championship final and it was also supervised this year TEAM D at the Olympic football tournament in Japan. Now, however, the ways could separate - at least when it goes after the DFB. We do everything the remaining coaching team of U 21, which has made outstanding work in recent years, to keep the DFB and are good things that we are succeeding, says Joti Chatziallexiou, sporty director national teams, talking to the team that the DFB release for Kuntz is not synonymous with green light for its coach colleague.

Niedzkowski s whereabouts is most likely

At least in the case of Niedzkowski, which at the same time wears the important item of the head of the football instructor teacher, after team information is a whereabouts at the DFB as quite sure. In the rest of the trio, the situation seems to be more open to have the DFB but also good card. Anyway, Kuntz and Altintop are at least one co-trainer who dominates both the German and the Turkish language and knows the local football culture well.

The personal details will also depend on the contract terms, which are only set to Kuntz s signature Final.