WENGER LINKED TO DEUTSCHLAND

There have been reports that the German Federation is not happy with the work of manager Joachim Loew, which has led to the rumours linking him with a move to Arsenal in the summer. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger only has just over 12 months left on his contract and he has been refusing to sign a new deal. This summer has been extremely difficult for the Frenchman, as he has faced a barrage of criticism from the fans and the media for failing to win a trophy in the last eight years. The team are also in danger of losing out on a top four spot this season.

Even though Germany have made it into the finals of several tournaments in recent years, they have faltered in every one of them. As a result, there has been a lot of criticism of the manager Low, who continues to be linked with several other clubs like Real Madrid as well. He is widely expected to receive the sack if Germany did not win the Confederations cup in the summer. The officials from the German Federation have confirmed that contract talks with Low are set to begin in the next few months, thus ending any speculation of him moving to Arsenal.

“There is no question we want Joachim to remain in charge beyond the World Cup finals, and we would like to have a decision on his future before we head for Brazil,” said Joachim Loew. The manager himself has not been commenting about his future, thus prompting situation that the matter is not all done and dusted. Perhaps, he faced his biggest criticism after the 4-4 draw with Sweden a few months back. Germany managed to lose a four goal advantage in the match to draw the encounter. The team are top of their World Cup qualifying group.

LOEW BACKS NEUER

German national team manager Joachim Low failed to criticise his goalkeeper Manuel Neuer after the match against Kazakhstan. The Bayern Munich goalkeeper lost possession inside the penalty area while trying to outfox the opposition who was pressing hard. As a result of this, Kazakhstan managed to score in the match. Even though Germany were 3-0 up at that stage, the fans started whistling the goalkeeper every time he touched the ball from then on in. Joachim Loew has said that the fans need not have displayed this attitude against one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

The former Stuttgart man is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world and he almost helped his current club Bayern Munich to win the Champions League. This whistling could have been due to the experience suffered by the German fans of losing a four goal advantage in a recent match against Sweden. Germany removed any doubts about the victory with yet another goal late in the match through Borussia Dortmund striker Reus. Earlier, he had scored the first goal of the match in the 23rd minute. His club team mate Gotze extended the advantage a few minutes later before Gündogan scored the third goal after just 32 min.

“I didn’t like that Neuer was whistled at after his mistake. He is up there with the best keepers in the world and made one mistake. That he was accompanied by irony for the rest of the game, I think that is unsportsmanlike,” said the Germany manager after the match. The error from the goalkeeper allowed the opposition to score a goal early in the first half through Schmidtgal. As a result of this crucial victory, Germany have now opened an eight point advantage at the top of the World Cup qualifying table.