[Saba Sports News] According to German media, the fallout from Germany’s poor showing at the FIFA World Cup across the United States, Canada and Mexico continues to linger. Thomas Müller, a member of Germany’s 2014 World Cup-winning squad, has once again publicly criticised former national team head coach Julian Nagelsmann, who has since stepped down, accusing him of severe flaws in tactical planning and squad selection. Müller first questioned Nagelsmann’s line-up choices, arguing that the core issue lay in the muddled positioning of the squad’s top talents. “We never managed to figure out the ideal roles for our star players and kept hesitating over personnel decisions,” Müller stated. “Can anyone clearly define the respective positions Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz are supposed to occupy for the national side? It’s common knowledge that both prefer operating through central areas. Another endless debate within the camp is whether Kai Havertz can be classified as an out-and-out centre-forward.”
The editor believes that take Spain, England and France as examples. The star players of these national teams are consistently deployed in their best-suited positions. Germany already has a limited pool of elite players capable of shouldering heavy responsibilities, and on top of that, they are not given comfortable roles to perform. For this reason alone, other nations are far ahead of Germany in overall squad quality.