Players of the German national football team warm up during a training session on March 31, 2009 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The team prepares for a World Cup qualifier against Wales on April 1, 2009. Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

Players of the German national football team warm up during a training session on March 31, 2009 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The team prepares for a World Cup qualifier against Wales on April 1, 2009.

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  1. German head coach Joachim Loew, left, and manager Oliver Bierhoff chat during the Euro 2012 soccer championship qualifying draw in Warsaw, Sunday Feb. 7, 2010. The qualifying campaign for the 2012 European soccer championships, that will be jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine, gets underway in September 2010. Germany coach Joachim Loew says his future after the World Cup 2010 remains open, after talks over an extension of his contract collapsed. German's football federation president Theo Zwanziger says Loew will remain his top candidate for the job no matter how well Germany does in South Africa.
  2. German head coach Joachim Loew, left, and manager Oliver Bierhoff chat during the Euro 2012 soccer championship qualifying draw in Warsaw, Sunday Feb. 7, 2010. The qualifying campaign for the 2012 European soccer championships, that will be jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine, gets underway in September 2010. Germany coach Joachim Loew says his future after the World Cup 2010 remains open, after talks over an extension of his contract collapsed. German's football federation president Theo Zwanziger says Loew will remain his top candidate for the job no matter how well Germany does in South Africa.
  3. German head coach Joachim Loew, left, and manager Oliver Bierhoff chat during the Euro 2012 soccer championship qualifying draw in Warsaw, Sunday Feb. 7, 2010. The qualifying campaign for the 2012 European soccer championships, that will be jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine, gets underway in September 2010. Germany coach Joachim Loew says his future after the World Cup 2010 remains open, after talks over an extension of his contract collapsed. German's football federation president Theo Zwanziger says Loew will remain his top candidate for the job no matter how well Germany does in South Africa.
  4. German soccer federation president Theo Zwanziger arrives for the Euro 2012 soccer championship qualifying draw in Warsaw, Sunday Feb. 7, 2010. The qualifying campaign for the 2012 European soccer championships, that will be jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine, gets underway in September 2010. Germany's coach Joachim Loew says his future after the World Cup 2010 remains open, although the president of the country's football federation says he is ready to keep Loew in the job.Talks about extending the contract of Loew and his staff, long considered a formality, collapsed unexpectedly Thursday and will not be resumed until after the June 11-July 11 World Cup in South Africa.
  5. German soccer team coach Joachim Loew, center with ball, stands on the stage next to Austria's Dietmar Constantini, left, and other officials after the drawing of the qualifying games for the 2012 European soccer championships, at the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. The qualifying campaign for the Euro 2012 soccer championships, that will be jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine, gets underway in September 2010.
  6. From third left, German Klaus Schwab, founder and president of the World Economic Forum, WEF, blows a vuvuzela, former soccer player and World Cup Ambassador Mark Fish, Palaquinha, the official mascot of the 2010 soccer World Cup, former soccer player and World Cup Ambassador Lucas Valeriu Radebe, Trevor Manuel, Minister of the National Planning Commission (NPC) of South Africa and Morgan Tsvangirai Prime Minister of Zimbabwe during the Davos kick-off for the 2010 FIFA South Africa World Cup at the 40th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Saturday Jan. 30, 2010.
  7. German Klaus Schwab, founder and president of the World Economic Forum, WEF, blows a vuvuzela during the Davos kick-off for the 2010 FIFA South Africa World Cup at the 40th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Saturday Jan. 30, 2010.
  8. SINDELFINGEN, GERMANY - JANUARY 26: Dennis Aogo of the German national football team is seen during the taking of a blood sample during a fitness test at the Glaspalast on January 26, 2010 in Sindelfingen, Germany.
  9. SINDELFINGEN, GERMANY - JANUARY 26: Christian Traesch of the German national football team is seen during a fitness test at the Glaspalast on January 26, 2010 in Sindelfingen, Germany.
  10. SINDELFINGEN, GERMANY - JANUARY 26: Toni Kroos of the German national football team is seen during the taking of a blood sample during a fitness test at the Glaspalast on January 26, 2010 in Sindelfingen, Germany.
  11. SINDELFINGEN, GERMANY - JANUARY 26: Arne Friedrich of the German national football team is seen during a fitness test at the Glaspalast on January 26, 2010 in Sindelfingen, Germany.
  12. SINDELFINGEN, GERMANY - JANUARY 26: Dennis Aogo of the German national football team is seen during the taking of a blood sample during a fitness test at the Glaspalast on January 26, 2010 in Sindelfingen, Germany.
  13. SINDELFINGEN, GERMANY - JANUARY 26: Jerome Boateng of the German national football team is seen during a fitness test at the Glaspalast on January 26, 2010 in Sindelfingen, Germany.
  14. FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 14: Oliver Bierhoff, manager of German national football team smiles during the Science Congress of German football association (DFB) at the Steigenberger Airport Hotel on January 14, 2010 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
  15. FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 21: Wolfgang Wirtmann (2nd R), director of Euro Lloyd DFB travel bureau and managin director of HRG sports and Matthias Warns (2nd L) director of HRG Germany overgives a cheque to Wolfgang Niersbach (L) general secretary of German football association (DFB) and Theo Zwanziger president of German football association (DFB) at the headquarter of German football association (DF) on December 21, 2009 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
  16. FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 21: Wolfgang Wirtmann (2nd R), director of Euro Lloyd DFB travel bureau and managin director of HRG sports and Matthias Warns (2nd L) director of HRG Germany overgives a cheque to Wolfgang Niersbach (L) general secretary of German football association (DFB) and Theo Zwanziger president of German football association (DFB) at the headquarter of German football association (DF) on December 21, 2009 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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