According to commentary in Bild, Germany's national team is currently only mid-tier, and could fall even further in the future.

Bastian Schweinsteiger said after Germany's 0-1 loss to Greece: "We are in the mid-tier."

Bild then started a discussion about this topic.

To be honest, I don't see anything to debate. When we fail to reach the semi-finals in three consecutive World Cups, that is mid-tier. What else could it be? Elite? World-class? That's just a dream.

Yes, we are a mid-tier team! And things could get worse.

Don't believe me? Look at Italy! They were once very strong, won the World Cup four times just like us. Now they've missed three consecutive World Cups, losing their dominance entirely. As everyone knows, that status is below mid-tier. And such a decline can happen very quickly!

We no longer have a single truly world-class player, and we have no real leaders. Who can the team rely on as a leader? At best, I can only think of Kimmich. Perhaps this sounds harsh, but his admirable drive reminds me more of an Energizer Bunny than a calm and genuine leader.

We also no longer have players with the strong personalities we once had. Think of Bremme, Matthäus, Effenberg, Kahn, Klinsmann, or Schweinsteiger. The list could go on and on.

Then there's the attitude problem among these high-earning superstars. When Wirtz attended his first training session with Jürgen Klopp's team—which is, in a way, the "starting point" of German football—he showed up with a bright pink Louis Vuitton luxury bag worth over 10,000 euros. I found that entirely inappropriate. Perhaps I'm old-fashioned, but if it were me, I'd choose an Adidas sports bag, especially when your performances aren't exactly brilliant.

Jürgen Klopp is undoubtedly the right person to be Germany's national team coach right now and can get the team back on track. But those who say that the problems of German football cannot be solved by him alone are right. The issues run much deeper. For example, they stem from youth development.

That's why I'm shocked that a World Cup champion like Mertesacker is only taking over as DFB's official sporting director on January 1st, even though these problems have been known for a long time. Until then, Andreas Rettig can still make things worse.

Unfortunately, German football as a whole is stuck in the mid-tier!

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