Report: Mertesacker lined up as DFB managing director
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FILE PHOTO - Germany 2014 World Cup winner Per Mertesacker speaks to TV before the German DFB Cup soccer match between Augsburg and Bayern Munich at the WWK-Arena. Tom Weller/dpa
Per Mertesacker will replace Andreas Rettig as managing director for sport at the German Football Federation (DFB) from January 1, broadcaster ntv/RTL/Sky said on Friday.
Rettig has already announced that he is stepping down in December.
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Former defender Mertesacker won the 2014 World Cup with Germany and then spent eight years as head of Arsenal's youth academy. He has also been a popular TV pundit.
His expected appointment is part of major changes at the DFB, with Jürgen Klopp set to be appointed as men's coach after a third straight early World Cup exit.