It is important to German national team coach Julian Nagelsmann that his players are competing at the highest level, so when Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) and Nick Woltemade (Newcastle United) opted to leave the Bundesliga for the Premier League, the coach thought it would be what was best for both.
“I’m happy when they play a lot of games and get a lot of minutes, that’s the most important thing for me. It’s not ideal for the German Bundesliga that the best German players are moving to England. But that’s how
it is. It’s kind of normal at this period of time. Flo is already one of the most important players for us. Nick is too and will be in the future. I hope Nick will play regularly at Newcastle so he can develop in the right way. If they do, then they will play a big role for us,” said Nagelsmann (as captured by @iMiaSanMia).
The tough part of Wirtz and Woltemade moving to the Premier League is that both transfers came at the expense of Bayern Munich, who wanted both players. For Nagelsmann, though, this could also end up working against his players. If Wirtz or Woltemade struggle, the could just end up as another set of high-priced players on the bench for English teams — and not thriving on the field in Germany.
Bayern Munich is on break and the German national team got off to a bad start in this round of World Cup qualifiers. Let’s dive into all of that!
This is what we have on tap for this episode of the Bavarian Podcast Works — Weekend Warm-up Show:
- Thomas Müller was back at Bayern Munich this week (already!?)
- Is Germany heading down a bad road after another painful loss?
- Can Julian Nagelsmann get it back on track?
- Who is accountable? Is there accountability at all?
- Should Joshua Kimmich do the right thing and move to right-back (again)?
- Unpacking the Erik ten Hag debacle at Bayer Leverkusen. Sport Bild had a wild story on the situation.
