How Germany's greatest goalscorer is guiding the next generation

He is, after all, Germany's all-time leading marksman and until this summer had netted more than any other player in men's World Cup history. Even now, only Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi can top his 16 across four tournaments. But of the more than 300 goals Klose scored in a career that began in Germany's amateur leagues and spanned Kaiserslautern, Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich and Lazio, he reckons all but two came inside the penalty area. "Thankfully, we've moved away a little from the idea of the false nine or having a second striker playing around the main striker, with everyone coming towards the ball," explains the FC Nuremberg boss.

"For me, the most important thing is that you need someone who is there to score goals. You need someone in the box because that's where you're closest to the goal. That's why I'm a big believer in practising the final ball, whether it's a cross, a shot or something else. "That's crucial.

How do you create that final ball? When you develop automatisms and players get to know each other better, that's when you see harmony on the pitch.