Klopp? Guardiola? 'Swift' decision called for as Nagelsmann returns

FILE PHOTO - Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola gestures on the touchline during the UEFA Champions League Group G soccer match between RB Leipzig and Manchester City at Red Bull Arena. Jan Woitas/dpaCalls are growing for a quick decision on the future of Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann, who touched down in Munich on Wednesday following his team's early World Cup exit.Nagelsmann has come under fire after four-time champions Germany were ousted 4-3 on penalties by Paraguay in the round of 32 on Monday, a result only marginally better than group stage exits in 2018 and 2022.

The performances in North America has sparked a heated debate over the future of Nagelsmann, who has a contract until 2028 and said post-match he would not step down and wanted to continue if allowed to.Nagelsmann did not speak to waiting reporters when leaving Munich Airport through a rear exit in pouring rain.Bayern Munich stars Aleksandar Pavlović and Jamal Musiala had travelled on the same plane.

Criticism of the coach and calls for someone else to take over have come from most sides, with former Germany international Mats Hummels saying he could see ex-Manchester City and Bayern boss Pep Guardiola of Spain, now out of work, replacing Nagelsmann."I believe that both Pep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp would be a good fit anywhere – any club team, any national team," Hummels, who currently works as a pundit for Germany's MagentaTV, said."In my view, they are the two best managers of the past decade, indeed of the last 17 or 18 years, anywhere in the world.

That's why I could easily see either of them taking the job."Multiple voices have called for German Klopp to get the job, and Hummels did not hide the fact that his former coach during his time at Borussia Dortmund would be his preferred pick too.He said Klopp's coaching style was not "about everyone having it as easy as possible.

Instead, everyone has to work their socks off for the team and its success.""He could even unite a whole country behind