🚨 Nagelsmann boosted: Ex-Bundesliga coach joins Germany for World Cup | OneFootball

The DFB coaching team is getting reinforcements. Starting with the upcoming international matches against Switzerland and Ghana, Alfred Schreuder will be on the sidelines. The former Hoffenheim coach and former companion of Nagelsmann will also strengthen the national team up to and including the World Cup. 

"I value Alfred highly as a coach and as a person. With his experience, he is an enormous asset to our team with a view to the upcoming World Cup. We chose him as an additional expert so that Mads Buttgereit can fully concentrate on set pieces during training," said head coach Nagelsmann in the official DFB statement. 

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"We expect that set pieces will play an even greater role at this World Cup. That’s why we want to put even more focus on them during training and preparation," the former Bayern coach continued. 

"I worked together with Julian Nagelsmann at Hoffenheim in a relationship of great trust and success. Back then, as a young coach, his courage, ambition, and expertise inspired me. Even after that time, we have always stayed in good contact. It is a great honor for me that Julian and his team have asked me to support them at the World Cup," Schreuder is quoted as saying in the DFB statement. 

Currently, Schreuder is also working as a coach at Al-Diraiyah in Saudi Arabia. Previously, the Dutchman held head coach positions in the Emirates, at Ajax, and at Brugge. From 2020 to 2021, the former Hoffenheim coach served as assistant coach alongside Ronald Koeman at FC Barcelona. 

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