Joachim Low could prolong his contract with the German national team until 2018 this month, according to reports in Germany. Low, 55, joined the Nationalmannschaft as Jurgen Klinsmann's assistant in 2004 and took over from the current USMNT head coach in 2006. In all four major competitions since Low took the reins, Germany have at least reached the semifinal stage, while this summer he crowned his career by leading the side to their first World Cup win since 1990 with a 1-0 victory over Argentina in Brazil. Low currently is under contract until the 2016 European Championships in France, when Germany will be favourites to lift their first continental trophy since the 1996 tournament in England. But, according to German paper Bild, the German FA (DFB) has now opened contract talks with Low and have offered him the chance to prolong his stay until the next World Cup in Russia in 2018. Bild report that the talks between the association and Low's representatives have already reached an advanced stage, and that a deal could be struck around the time of the friendly against Australia later in March, but DFB media director Ralf Kottker said: "We don't have any comments to make right now." Low has previously said that he could also imagine a return to club football once his deal with the German FA ends.
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