Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann set to step down after World Cup exit, reports Bild

[p]Bild, citing its own information ‌without elaborating, said Nagelsmann decided to resign after a three-hour "secret summit" on ‌Thursday at the German Football ⁠Association (DFB) headquarters ‌in Frankfurt.[/p][p]The DFB did not immediately respond ​to an emailed request for comment on Friday.[/p][p]The paper ​said Nagelsmann had been urged to consider a voluntary departure after presenting ⁠his explanation ​for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/germany/ptQide1O/"]Germany[/a]'s round-of-32 exit to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paraguay/YaNlqp6j/"]Paraguay[/a] on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/germany-ptQide1O/paraguay-YaNlqp6j/?mid=2y2UKhp1"]penalties earlier this week[/a], and that he would receive an ‌estimated €7 million ($8 million) payoff.[/p][embed guid="a95469af-0fb5-47a0-a7cf-44d31f10408f" url="https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2072912667530985981" social-type="twitter" /][p]Germany's defeat by Paraguay in Boston on Monday marked a third successive World Cup flop after first-round exits in 2018 and 2022. They won the World Cup for a fourth time in 2014.[/p][p]Nagelsmann, appointed in 2023 ‌and the youngest coach in a ​World Cup knockout game in ‌four decades, had said after the loss that he was[b] "not someone to say 'I'm stepping down' just because we were eliminated".[/b][/p]