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Germany have appointed Julian Nagelsmann as manager on a contract until July 2024.<\/p>\n
The 36-year-old succeeds Hansi Flick,\u00a0who was sacked\u00a0after a poor run of results, culminating in a\u00a04-1 friendly defeat by Japan\u00a0earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Nagelsmann has been out of work since he was sacked by Bayern Munich in March after less than two years in charge.<\/p>\n
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Germany are hosts of next summer\u2019s European Championship finals, which run from 14 June to 14 July 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a European Championship in our own country. That\u2019s something special \u2013 something that happens every few decades,\u201d said Nagelsmann.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a great desire to take on this challenge. We will be a close-knit group next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nagelsmann\u2019s first match in charge will be a friendly against the United States in Connecticut on 14 October before facing Mexico in Philadelphia three days later.<\/p>\n
\u201cJulian Nagelsmann was our preferred candidate as national coach when the search began,\u201d said German Football Association sporting director Rudi Voller.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is not only an absolute football expert but has already proven in all his positions \u2013 at a very young age for a head coach \u2013 that he can motivate and inspire a team and the entire environment.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis fire for football is noticeable and contagious.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nagelsmann is recognised as one of the game\u2019s most promising managerial talents, having taking charge of Hoffenheim aged 28 before moving to RB Leipzig, leading the club to the Champions League semi-finals.<\/p>\n
Bayern paid 25m euros (\u00a321.7m) to Leipzig in 2021 to free Nagelsmann from his contract and succeed Flick at the Allianz Arena on a five-year deal.<\/p>\n
He won the league title in his first season alongside two German Supercups but was sacked in March after a run of five wins from 10 league games.<\/p>\n
Flick became the first Germany boss to be sacked since the role was created in 1926 when he was dismissed earlier this month, overseeing just 12 wins in his 25 matches since replacing Joachim Low in August 2021.<\/p>\n
Voller, a former Germany striker, took temporary charge for a\u00a02-1 friendly win over France\u00a0three days after Flick\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n
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