Nagelsmann condemns survey asking if German team has enough

Coach backs Kimmich’s view of ‘absolutely racist’ ARD surveyParticipants asked if they preferred more white players in team

The Germany head coach, Julian Nagelsmann, has said he is shocked that a public broadcaster asked survey participants if they would prefer more white players in the national football team.

Nagelsmann has agreed with midfielder Joshua Kimmich, who said on Saturday that the survey for German state broadcaster ARD was “absolutely racist” and that it was “madness for a public broadcaster to ask such a question”.

The survey of 1,304 randomly selected participants asked if they would prefer to see more players with white skin playing for Germany; 21% of respondents said yes.

“I thought about it briefly, and I have the feeling that we need to wake up a bit,” Nagelsmann said at the team’s training camp for the upcoming Euro 2024 tournament, which is taking place in Germany.