THE BOSSMAN RULE
For those not paying attention, September’s international break was a bloodthirsty one. The welcome sight of Rudi Völler in Germany’s dugout, hair thinned and greyed yet still resplendent, was a marker of Hansi Flick’s unceremonious binning. The face on Joshua Kimmich, unused sub as Rudi’s boys beat France in Tuesday’s friendly, suggested Herr Flick was not the only one carrying blame. Anyone desperate enough – it was international week and Top Boy was only six episodes – to watch Amazon’s All Or Nothing series on Germany’s demise in Qatar would recognise Kimmich as someone whose strong opinions rarely stay secret, a Lothar Matthäus without the chops, if you will.
