For national coach Julian Nagelsmann, it’s not all about football. The 37-year-old is promoting an approach to strengthening the economy. But he also points to the need for “experts”.
National coach Julian Nagelsmann is thinking about things far beyond football – and is calling for the introduction of a 35-hour week. “I wouldn’t think it was such a bad idea,” Nagelsmann said on Wednesday during a discussion at the “Digital X” trade fair in Cologne. These 35 hours should then be subject to tax, “and everything that comes on top is tax-free,” said the national coach. “I believe that there must be incentives to enjoy going to work.”
Nagelsmann also spoke about this approach in an interview with “Stern”. “I’m not the big shot who wants to explain to society how things should work. That’s not my place,” he said, referring primarily to the catering industry with the 35-hour week. “Of course, comparable incentives would have to be created in other sectors too. That’s why you have to try something out, quickly, without discussing it with 8,000 people beforehand,” said the 37-year-old. “And if it doesn’t work, you just have to make a new decision.”
Nagelsmann not a laptop trainer
Nagelsmann also said in Cologne that “experts” would have to work out whether this would work. With appropriate incentives, “more people would get to work”. With regard to his own work, the national coach took a dig at critics who call him a so-called “laptop coach”, i.e. a football coach who relies too much on technical analysis and influence. “Sometimes I even forget my laptop password,” said Nagelsmann. He is “generally very analogue”.
Source: Stern
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