After more than six years as Belgium national coach, Roberto Martínez resigned from his position following the group elimination at the World Cup in Qatar. The 49-year-old Spaniard is now responsible for the Portuguese selection, while the Belgians are still without a head coach. And that despite an intensive search.
The Red Devils even went on the search with a public job advertisement. “A full-time national team coach who knows how to win”is needed, according to the advertisement: the future incumbent must “extremely ambitious” being, “The necessary international experience at the highest level, football tactical knowledge and insights as well as the right personal skills” bring along.
Prominent trio
Thierry Henry and Andrea Pirlo are said to have already reported. The task force of the Belgian Football Association has placed other prominent names on its own list. According to the newspaper ‘Het Nieuwsblad’, the name Joachim Löw is on it alongside André Villas-Boas and Mauricio Pochettino, who are currently without a club.
It is not known how Löw himself thinks about a potential engagement with the Belgians. Basically, as the 2014 world champion has already emphasized, he is open to a return to the coaching business. “I already have the intention of taking on a role in football again”, said Löw at last. After 15 years as national coach and the resignation following the end of the EM 2021, the 62-year-old felt “another motivation”. Words that may also have been registered in Belgium.
