According to DFB sports director Rudi Völler, Sandro Wagner will remain assistant coach of the German national football team at least until the 2026 World Cup – and will not move to a Bundesliga club prematurely. “We have clearly agreed and also coordinated with him that he will stay with us until the World Cup,” said the 64-year-old in ZDF’s “Aktuelles Sportstudio”. He is always in contact with Wagner and of course there are inquiries from time to time. According to rumors, Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim is considering hiring Wagner as head coach.
Coach Pellegrino Matarazzo is under criticism after his team’s poor start to the season, which has only increased after the 2-1 defeat at Union Berlin on Saturday. With only three points from four games, Hoffenheim are just above the relegation zone. The World Cup will take place in Canada, Mexico and the USA in 2026.
Völler said that Wagner would first get his coaching license, as he does not yet have a valid license to coach a Bundesliga team. The 36-year-old is currently doing this. The collaboration with national coach Julian Nagelsmann and the other assistant coaches is so wonderful at the moment that Wagner also enjoys it.
“Of course he also likes it when he is asked from time to time to maybe coach a Bundesliga club somewhere,” said the former DFB team boss. But Wagner is still a young guy, a very likeable coach, “who will certainly have a great future as a coach, especially after the World Cup.” When asked whether he thought it was out of the question that Wagner would move to Hoffenheim in the near future, Völler replied: “Exactly, at the moment. Yes.”
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