Kahn: Nagelsmann always tries to make people ask "Why is he like this?" His character is like this

When he was a guest on Sky Sports Germany a few days ago, German star Kahn talked about an observation he made about the current national team coach Nagelsmann. He believed that the still very young coach had a tendency to try "inexplicable things."

Focusing on next summer's World Cup, Kahn commented on the situation of the German team: "As far as the World Cup is concerned, the developments that people really expect have not yet occurred. Tactics, systems, individual player development and many other details. I am still very uncertain about what we want."

"The team is always one at a time. A lot of changes again. Of course, this also has the impact of injuries. So, I think we are still far away from saying, 'We have the strength, we have the system, everything is good. What is the situation of the home team? He was sometimes forced to change things again and again because players were injured or certain players were out of the lineup. "

"But he does also have a tendency to always try things that make you at home ask yourself: What the hell is this? Or why is he doing this? What exactly is the context? What is the concept? That's part of his character and if you hire him as national team coach, you have to know that. "

The examples Kahn refers to include: Since 2025 alone, Nagelsmann has used a three-back system three times and a four-back system three times in the German team. When he first took office in 2023, he also tried to use forward Havertz as a left back. In addition, there has been a back-and-forth around captain Kimmich's position. He can play as a right back or in the middle of the midfield.

Currently, Nagelsmann is leading the team in the World Cup preliminaries. The German team ranked first in the group with 9 points after 4 rounds.