Germany World Cup winner Joachim Low wants England job after Gareth Southgate stepped down
WORLD CUP winner Joachim Low fancies the England job.
Low, 64, was Germany’s manager for 15 years and guided the country to World Cup success in Brazil in 2014.
He would be happy to talk to the FA following the resignation of Gareth Southgate.
Another German, ex-Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, would be a popular England appointment among some fans but he has absolutely no interest in returning to football this summer.
Eddie Howe, Graham Potter and Lee Carsley are some of the names on the FA’s shortlist.
They would prefer an Englishman but are not ruling out a foreign boss.
Low’s last game before stepping down as German boss was the 2-0 defeat to Southgate’s England at Wembley in the last 16 of Euro 2020 three years ago.
The former Stuttgart and Fenerbahce manager has not worked since.
Southgate earned £5million-a-year managing England and Low banked just half of that amount in his final contract with the German FA.
Klopp earned £15m-a-season at Liverpool and any wage like that would make it impossible for the FA to make a move.
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Low’s appeal would be his huge experience with Germany. He also took the nation to third spot at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and they beat England 4-1 along the way.
Under Low, Germany also reached the final of Euro 2008 but they lost 1-0 to Spain in the final.
Southgate deserved to win a trophy with England... he made us all proud of our team again, writes Shaun Custis
GARETH SOUTHGATE deserved to win a trophy as England manager, write Shaun Custis.
Unfortunately, you don’t always get what you deserve in life.
No man could have worked harder to give the country the silverware it craved and no man cared more about our national team.
As a player he went through agonies after missing that fateful penalty against Germany at Euro 96 — and victory as a manager in the Euro 2024 final against Spain on Sunday would have been a wonderful redemption.
Southgate himself said he didn’t believe in fairytales — and there was to be no happy ending as ultimately England came up short again when it mattered.
But his legacy should be one of great achievement, not of failure.
This is an England boss who transformed our feelings towards the Three Lions.
Hardened fans, who claimed they only cared about their club, fell back in love with England during Gareth’s eight years in charge.
As The Sun’s chief football writer, I followed England through the Sven Göran Eriksson era, on to Steve McClaren, then Fabio Capello and Roy Hodgson.
None of them could hold a candle to Southgate.
Southgate took it on reluctantly and, when the FA then wanted to make his position permanent, he made it clear he had to have free rein to do the job on his terms.
This was to be a new England with no club cliques, no wars with the media and an openness and honesty from coaches and players.
He never believed it was the impossible job as many claimed before him.
Yes, the Euros was a let-down and England were probably lucky to make the final.
But Southgate, by some distance, turned his England team into the most successful since Sir Alf Ramsey’s World Cup winners of 1966.
He gave us plenty of entertainment and fun along the way and a reason to feel proud.
We were even starting to crack it at penalty shoot-outs.
Most importantly, Southgate was a thoroughly decent human being throughout it all, treating everyone with respect — whether you were a player, a fan or part of the media.
Read Sun Head of Sport Shaun Custis’ full opinion on Gareth Southgate’s England exit…