Julian Nagelsmann in @WELTAMSONNTAG interview with @julienwolffwelt: "It's important to keep in touch with real life. I don't think 24/7 football is healthy. Football thrives on desire and enthusiasm. You get that when you also have other things in life that inspire you"
Nagelsmann on the pressure on a Bayern coach: "Before I made the move, I naturally imagined what I could expect as a Bayern coach and got a lot of information about it. However, what you cannot fully prepare for, is the extreme black-and-white thinking that sometimes takes place"
Nagelsmann: "Either everything is super good or everything is super bad. There's nothing in between. At the beginning of last season, for example, I was praised for speaking out on many topics. I was described as refreshing."
Nagelsmann: "Almost overnight, the exact same thing was interpreted negatively in public. Before the games against Paris, to give a sporting example, it was criticized that we were playing with alternating back 4 and back 3.
After that, it was hailed as the greatest tactic ever"
After that, it was hailed as the greatest tactic ever"
Nagelsmann: "These extremes are difficult to comprehend. At FC Bayern, you experience the fast pace of football to the extreme. If we had been eliminated, everyone would have said: catastrophic tactics by Nagelsmann, why did he play Stanišić?"
Nagelsmann: "I've become a bit more cautious, I no longer comment on everything. I think that has been noticed in the past few months. But one thing is important for me to emphasize, I'm not an actor"
Nagelsmann: "Sometimes people say that I prepare statements before press conferences. It's not true. I get asked and I answer. I just don't feel like playing any role."
Nagelsmann: "When I became Bundesliga coach at the age of 28, I said to my mother: If the pressure in this business ever gets so big that people demand that I have to pretend - then I won't do it anymore."
Nagelsmann on how the Bayern job changed him: "I have many friends who have nothing to do with football. Luckily I didn't get feedback from them that I had changed as a person. As a coach: Involving the leading players is a bigger factor at Bayern than at my previous clubs"
Nagelsmann: "It's a community, our players here have won a lot and have a lot of experience. But no player ever came up to me and said: I don't want to play a back three."
Nagelsmann: "The players express their wishes where they want to play. They can and should have a say, that's very important to me, and support the decisions. But I'm the one who has to make the decisions."
Nagelsmann: "I tell the team how we want to play. Players want to hear arguments. I'll give it to them - and then everyone can say what they think."
Can you sum up your philosophy in one sentence?
Nagelsmann: "That was also a question in my thesis. This is what I said back then: "Controlling the game through possession and changes of pace." That still applies today"
Nagelsmann: "That was also a question in my thesis. This is what I said back then: "Controlling the game through possession and changes of pace." That still applies today"
Nagelsmann on self-criticism: "I feel ashamed after defeats. I'm self-critical and question many things. And I'm always open to factual criticism. I reflect a lot and have adjusted many things at Bayern: to the squad, to the quality of the players, to the size of the club"
Nagelsmann: "I never claim that all my statements are correct. I've also made mistakes at press conferences. Someone who has no opinion gets through life easily. But I'd rather have one. Because I don't think I'd be happier without an opinion."
Guardiola won the Champions League with Barcelona in 2009 at the age of 38 – no coach was younger. You can break this record. How much does that excite you?
Nagelsmann: "That would mean we win the Champions League within the next three years. Of course that would make me happy"
Nagelsmann: "That would mean we win the Champions League within the next three years. Of course that would make me happy"
If you win the treble, will your mission at Bayern be fulfilled?
Nagelsmann: "It would definitely be a special success."
Nagelsmann: "It would definitely be a special success."
Nagelsmann: "I was a player, then had two courses of studies, then a coaching license, then immediately a coach - I never had a break; everything's been clocked through since I was 16. There are many things outside of football that make me happy. I don't want to wait until I'm 70
For example?
Nagelsmann: A tour through Alaska and Canada, backpacking across the Alps – being on the road for a long time. I canceled my pilot's license and sold my light aircraft - without a flight lesson because of lack of time. I would also like to do my paragliding license"
Nagelsmann: A tour through Alaska and Canada, backpacking across the Alps – being on the road for a long time. I canceled my pilot's license and sold my light aircraft - without a flight lesson because of lack of time. I would also like to do my paragliding license"
Nagelsmann: "I can well imagine internships in trades after my coaching career. Architecture fascinates me, as do construction, joinery and carpentry"
[Interview with @julienwolffwelt for @WELTAMSONNTAG]
[Interview with @julienwolffwelt for @WELTAMSONNTAG]
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