Nagelsmann’s Love Letter to Man City’s Composure…
Manchester City has earned the gold star for running a football club this season, at least according to Germany’s head coach Julian Nagelsmann. While City’s season wasn’t all rainbows and trophies, with their super early exit from the Champions League and a fraught scramble to remain in the Premier League’s top four, Nagelsmann was more dazzled by their zen-like calmness. He seems to think they belong in a yoga retreat, not just on a football pitch!
The young German coach, who’s got a sharper eye on City than a hawk on a field mouse, had a front-row seat to the Pep and Nagelsmann show back in 2018 in the Champions League. Now tipped as a possible successor to Pep Guardiola, Nagelsmann is impressed not by goals or trophies but by how City handles chaos without throwing teacups. After living the Bundesliga drama and heading German national football, Nagelsmann is extending his Euro adventure to 2028 – a fitting tenure to share guild secrets of calmness-infused club leadership with Man City.
Nagelsmann’s praise is akin to getting a sticky star for organizational zen, suggesting maybe other clubs should stop pressing the panic button and hire coaches after more than just a casual speed-date call. It appears maintaining that cucumber – aka coolness under pressure – might just be Man City’s secret to football sainthood, through thick and thin phases when even the goals seem on a sabbatical.
