Still only 29, Nagelsmann has guided Hoffenheim to fourth in the Bundesliga table, with the team on course to secure a Champions League qualification play-off berth.
Those exploits have seen him tipped by some to earn a role at a bigger team, but the former 1860 Munich and Augsburg academy player, whose career was cut short by injury, appears determined to stay at Rhein-Neckar-Arena, at least for now.
“There is, of course, a lot of speculation and I also have an agent who doesn’t pass on every question,” Nagelsmann told Sky Sports.
“Every club knows I have a contract until 2019. Of course there are interests, but I have not spoken with any team.
“Once again, next season I am the head coach of Hoffenheim.
“If next week Real Madrid calls and want me, then I would perhaps ask [Hoffenheim owner] Dietmar Hopp if he would let me go. But they won’t call.”
Nagelsmann’s level-headed response to scrutiny over his future followed remarks from Germany’s World Cup-winning coach Joachim Low, who has anointed the relative youngster as a potential successor.
“Maybe he will be the national coach one day,” Low told Bild.
“He has a lot of competency, empathy, and a good connection to the players, so if he keeps going as he has done so far, I’m convinced he’s going to be a great coach.
“He’s made Hoffenheim candidates for the European Cup after years fighting relegation, developed players well and integrated others who had no chance elsewhere. I think a lot of him.”
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