No presence events, and a whole lot about digital channels: The Corona time, could also accelerate a number of projects, the DFB Academy. At the start of a new idea, the Association maintains.

Frankfurt/Main (dpa) - A personality like Jürgen Klopp at the German football Association with kiss hand.

The Coach of the Liverpool FC is not only successfully for years, but also charismatic and authentic - and a true mission statement for the ambitious plans of the DFB Academy become. "Of course, Jürgen Klopp is the Prime example for a modern Leader. At the time of his first coach station he was not, however, he has developed more than ten, 15 years to the personality that he is today," said Academy Director Tobias head of the German press Agency.

entry in Mainz, the next step in Dortmund, and the sporting coronation in Liverpool: What looks at Klopp as the perfect career, to make the DFB now school. "This development mitzubegleiten, is the approach of the football-teacher-training. If we can manage that in ten years, a number of German coaches to train top European clubs, then we have made very much right," said main.

the Corona-crisis is Klopp a good example of what work is going on in the Academy-and what is not. While in the normal game, a presence to date in the busy Klopp in Frankfurt Otto-Fleck operation-scar would be difficult, chatted with the 52-Year-old via Video the day quite relaxed in the "Leadership Talk of the DFB Academy." The long-awaited championship of the Liverpool FC Kloppo said "" "There are worse things in life than to be master. The most Important thing in the Moment of dealing with this crisis."

The DFB is definitely in many Places is in crisis mode on the road. The national team is missing by the cancellation of EM, and several countries are playing a vital source of revenue, the 3. League is divided prior to a planned sequel to complete the Amateur football still has to pause for several months, before each country, the shards Association is trying to return on his way. For the Academy, and their conceptual Thinking, the Corona could be crisis, however, is a real accelerator of the own creativity.

more and more contents are to be modernised, so the courses for budding trainers. "In the Training and further training, we have digitized a lot of content, which are now - in Corona on our digital Campus," added main. It was succeeded by this decision, "that there was no corona-related idling in the coach-training". As an example, for the coach of the future, called the former striker Miroslav Klose, who worked only at the DFB in the trainer's team, then at FC Bayern in the youth, now as a Co-Trainer in Munich, and then participants of the new football teacher training course is.

immediately prior to the crisis, presented the certificate of "Management in professional football" and its start date on 1. September want to hold on to the DFB. "In June, the nomination phase ends, in July, we will select together with the DFL in a selection Committee the participants. It looks like we'll be spoilt for choice," said the main to the project, in the case of the DFB and DFL, the search for new managers at professional clubs academics want to quantize. The Corona-crisis show, "that strong leaders are more important than ever," added the 36-year-old main.

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