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Germany boss Joachim Low open to club job abroad in future

Joachim Low has not ruled joining a club team outside of Germany when his contract with the Nationalmannschaft expires in 2018.

Low has been in charge of Germany since 2006 after having spent the previous two years as assistant manager to Jurgen Klinsmann, and he led the national side to victory at the 2014 World Cup.

However, the 56-year-old has yet to make a decision on his future beyond the 2018 World Cup in Russia, despite a standing offer from DFB president Reinhard Grindel to extend his current deal.

"There will be talks with the association at some point leading up to the tournament in Russia, but the qualifiers have only just begun, and in due time we will sit down and think forward," Low told reporters in Hamburg on Friday. "But it's no problem to go into the tournament with an expiring contract."

Earlier this week, the former Stuttgart boss said in an interview with Funke Media Gruppe that he would not return to work as a coach in the Bundesliga, but he stressed he was not suggesting he would never return to club management.

"I've never said that," he said. "It could be tempting for me at one point to work as a club coach abroad. I love working with the team, but I know everything in the Bundesliga."

Low took charge of Stuttgart from 1996 to 1998, reaching the Cup Winners' Cup final in his final season, and in 1999 had a spell with second division side Karlsruher SC, where he was sacked after one win in 18 matches.

Prior to becoming Klinsmann's assistant with Germany, he also worked for clubs in Turkey and Austria.